George and Thomas COOPER, Thomas GWILLIAM (Documents Articles)

by george , Monday, October 29, 2012, 07:58 (4407 days ago) @ Jefff

Thanks, Jefff.

I think the second marriage of Sarah is this:

Record_ID: 2446
Entry_Number: 221
Year: 1872
Month: Sep
Day: 15
Grooms_Surname: VOYCE
Grooms_Forenames: Robert
Grooms_Age: full
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Blacksmith
Grooms_Residence: West Dean
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Voyce
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Henry
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Carpenter
Brides_Surname: COOPER
Brides_Forenames: Sarah
Brides_Age: full
Brides_Condition: Widow
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Shortstanding
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Jones
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas (deceased)
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Thomas Baker
Witness_2: Jane Jones
Other_Witnesses: None
Officiating_Minister: W. H. Taylor
Event: Marriage

I read newspaper clippings in the link a couple of days ago and was fascinated. It is difficult to work out what really happened.

I have another newspaper clipping which is entitled: 'Poachers still in the Dean' which refers to this case and is written about a century after the event. It also says: 'They were deported to France to serve their sentence and all four died before their time was up.' (Maybe they were on a prison ship in the channel waiting for their journey on 'Clyde' as it only sailed twice a year.

Then I read the post on here that says that Thomas Gwilliam died in the York Hospital in Western Australia many years later.

I will have to concentrate on finding the information regarding Thomas and George's death from Australian records...if there are any.