Researchers who have claimed this convict
There are currently 3 researchers who have claimed William Jobson
- Researcher (Robert Bob Vial)
- Researcher (Annette Priest Hoy)
- Researcher (Kerry White)
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Biographies
William Alfred Jobson was my Great, Great, Great Grandfather. He was born to Thomas Jobson and Susan Jobson nee Challice in the town of Bumpstead in the county of Essex about 1826. He came to Australia aged just 19 as a convict. On the 5th of March 1845 at the Essex Assizes William Jobson alias Alfred Jobson was convicted and sentenced to 10 years for Housebreaking and Larceny plus others. This was the second time he had been convicted of such offences. He was sent to a place called Port Esperance which is located just 80kilometres south of Hobart near Dover. Now young William had a bit of a colourful history filled with petty misdemeanours one of which was being that on the 4th of March 1853 was " Being in the bush with a female abscond for improper purposes" for which he received a 10 1/2 shilling fine. In essence he was found in the company of a young woman in circumstances not deemed proper, who given the marriage date might have been young Ann. William and Ann Thompson applied for permission to marry, and on the 22nd of June 1853 the permission to marry was recommended. William was still a convict in 1853. He did not receive his Pardon until 1855. They married at Cathedral Church Hobart on the 18.7.1853. They had 3 Children whilst in Tasmania. Susan ( my Great, Great Grandmother), Charles & Anne Jane. In 1860 the family moved to the New England district of NSW where he worked as a Shepherd on Congi Station for 30 yrs before selecting land for himself. Together they had 6 children with 2 dying as infants and Charles who died as a result of an accident in 1873. Ann herself died of an ulcerated leg in 1867. William re-married in 1868 to a Mary Mahoney and together over the next 37 yrs produced a further 9 children. William became a much loved and venerated elder in the district. He died of heart disease and dropsy on March 25th 1905. At the time of his death he had 11 children still living, 46 Grandchildren & 13 Great Grandchildren. He is buried beside his second wife in the Catholic portion of the Uralla Cemetery. Ann his first wife, Charles his son, Thomas and William ( both infant sons) are buried in a small cemetery that has gone back to natural pasture behind the home they shared at a place called "Glen Idle" Surveyors Creek which still stands today.
Submitted by Researcher (Robert Bob Vial) on 4 September 2016
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/14, p.299
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