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- Researcher (Chris Nilsen)
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Biographies
George Knox was born in 1820, in Loose (Lewes), Kent, England. He was one of four children born to George & Lydia Knox (nee Lingham) who married 1818 in Maidstone, Kent.
The death of his mother at age nine, and the subsequent turmoil in his family seems to have a bad effect on George juniour’s life. Records show that he is frequently in trouble with the law. He has numourous convictions recorded against his name for vagrancy, and was imprisoned five times.
He is convicted at the Maidstone Quarter Sessions on the 5th January 1838 of stealing a bullocks tongue. For this offence he is sentenced to transportation for seven years.
He is sent to the hulks shortly after on the 11th January.
He departs on the ‘Coromandel’ on the 19th June 1838 bound for Van Diemen’s Land.
He is described as 5’ 5 ½ ‘’ tall, of fair complexion with red hair and hazel eyes. A farm labourer. He has many tattoos and markings on his skin.
He is also described as being of very bad character, and often in custody.
He arrives in Hobart on the 25th October 1838.
As a convict he works in Hobart for a few years, and has a few convictions for absconding, neglect of duty and disobedience. By 1843 he has moved to Launceston.
One conviction there on the 13th May 1844 states a charge of ‘misconduct in being absent from his authorised place of residence’. He is found guilty and sentenced to one month hard labour.
He receives a Free Certificate on the 29th May 1845.
George departs from Georgetown, Tasmania on the ‘Shamrock’ on the 19th February 1846 and goes to Melbourne.
George KNOX married Alice Blanchfield at St. Francis Roman Catholic Church in Melbourne on 17-11-1849. Clearly though their relationship started the year before.
George & Alice had eight children:
1)Cath KNOX. *Born 1848 in Collingwood, Melbourne.
2)George KNOX. *Born 1852 in Collingwood, Melbourne.
3)Sarah Ann KNOX. *Born 1-8-1854 in Collingwood, Melbourne.
4)Alice KNOX. *Born c1857 in Castlemaine, Victoria.
5)William KNOX. *Born c1861 at Moonlight Flat, Victoria.
6)George KNOX. *Born 1864 at Loddon near Bendigo, Victoria.
7)Eliza KNOX. *Born 17-12-1865 at Moonlight Flat near Castlemaine, Victoria.
8)Fanny KNOX. *Born 7-6-1872 in Castlemaine, Victoria.
George Knox appears in the courts again on the 28th July 1855 charged with ‘selling spurious gold’. He is convicted and sent to Melbourne Gaol for six months hard labour. He was released on 28th Nov 1855.
The gaol report gives several alias’ for George; Thomas Henry & George Thomas.
Alice KNOX died at age 37 on 7-6-1872 at Moonlight Flat, Castlemaine, Victoria.
She died six hours after giving birth to Fanny of severe blood loss. Alice had been relatively well throughout her pregnancy but towards the end had been having frequent fainting spells. She was becoming very weak and was not eating properly. She went into labour around lunchtime on the Wednesday. By 3am Thursday labour had become very bad. Alice had no sleep and hardly anything to eat. Fanny was born about 6am on the Thursday morning. The midwife stayed until about 12 noon after which she left Alice in the care of her daughter Alice who was 14 years old (George had left for work at 7am, but returned about 12:15pm for dinner). The midwife had not gone 15 minutes when William chased after her asking her to return as “Mum was dying”. Alice felt cold and the midwife knew that she was dying.
She died around 1pm.
After the autopsy the doctor found that Alice’s heart, liver and kidneys were all diseased.
George KNOX died on 11-12-1892 at Moonlight Flat, Castlemaine, Victoria, aged 70.
George had dinner with his son, William, on the Sunday night. He left there at about 6pm and went home, about a mile away.
George lived alone and had good health. He had not worked for a number of years and William was supporting him.
He was found the following morning lying on his left side, partly in a hol
Submitted by Researcher (Chris Nilsen) on 5 October 2018
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/11, p.287
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