Jabez Dando a black sheep?
 

I have just found a marriage for one of my grandmother's great aunts Maria Cox to George Dando 27 Feb 1833 St. Mary Redcliffe Bristol. I have found several children for this couple including Jabez born 1838 Clutton Somerset. Ancestry are suggesting entries in New South Wales Prisoner index and New South Wales Coroner report but I don't have a world wide sub to read them.
Can any one see if its my man and what he has been up to.

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I certain can see this man as there is a photo of him!

Do you want me to email you the image Anne?

Yes please. I wonder if anyone can check if it is my chap from Somerset.

PM received.

Forgot to say it does give his birthplace as Somerset!

You can read about his trial and death here:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/re...sortby=dateAsc

Thanks Mary. If it is my man I certainly never heard the story.
Box bush cottage Stanton Drew 1891 census
Household Members: Name Age
Edwin W Cox 52
Mary B Cox 49
Sarah A Cox 15
William E Cox 13
Ernest E Cox 1
Mable G Cox 3
Maria Dando 83

Mabel was my grandmother and Maria Dando is said to be Edwin's aunt. I am hoping to prove she was also Jabez mother. I thought you could get parent's names from an Australian death. Certainly quite a story for the family tree if true.

Incidently it solves this one as well. http://genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum...t=stanton+drew
It was George and Mary 1798

Australian death certs, and the death index, usually show the parents' names, but only if they were known to the informant, obviously.

In Jabez's case, the names aren't shown in the index.

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/In...h?event=births

His parents' names should be shown on his marriage certs. It looked as though he married once in Victoria (to the lady who married him bigamously, as some of the cuttings say) and once in NSW.

https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bd...SearchCriteria

Was it a good photo?

Yes Jay G sent me his jail record. It says he was 5ft 6 in with brown hair and hazel eyes. I am sorry I can't get the picture to copy. It says he was born in Somerset in 1838 which fits and that he was a blacksmith which would be the same as his father. It also said he arrived in Australia in 1853 on board the Mary Seton.

Here's his pic

http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww39/jgash/jabez.jpg

Maybe Wendy or Rachael could try & lighten it etc?

It looks fairly low-resolution. I think they'd need the original photo scanned at a much higher resolution, which would improve it a lot anyway.

Since it's cropped from an image on Ancestry I don't think we'll be able to get the original to scan it UJ!

He certainly does not look like a man you would want to pick a fight with.

Anne if this was a prison photo mug shot, they wouldn't include a nice photo. Mary had a terrrible photo of one of hers, but when it was lightened etc he was much improved.

I think he must have left home at 16 to go to Australia. I wonder if the family ever knew what hapened. He seems to have left with his half brother Edward and his sister Lydia.

Hi Anne,

Jabez Dando's half Brother, Edward Dando is my 4x Great Grandfather. Please let me know if I can help you in any way

Welcome Chantelle.....

I'm sure Anne will be pleased to see you (when she wakes up)....

Wot she said.lol

Just a quick update on this one. I have been contacted by a descendent of the lady Jabez shot and have refered her to this thread. Who said family history was dull. I have also posted a photo querry on the photo thread. The lady is Jabez's mother Maria.