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Details for the convict George Durman (1831)

Convict Name:George Durman
Trial Place:Wilts Special Gaol Delivery
Trial Date:27 December 1830
Sentence:Life
Notes:[PC written (possibly later) under surname]
 
Arrival Details
Ship:Eleanor
Arrival Year:1831
 
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GEORGE DURMON WAS A HARDWORKING FARMWORKER IN WILTSHIRE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE AFTER CONVICTION FOR MACHINE-BREAKING AND RECEIVED AN ABSOLUTE PARDON IN 1845. HE MARRIED A MARY EATON WHO HAD BEEN CONVICTED IN YORKSHIRE AS MARY AYTON,A PART ANAGRAM NAME THAT ELLEN DOYLES BABY SISTER ANNE DOYLE USED...NSWBDM 511/1843.BY 1851 THEY WERE LIVING IN COMMUNITY AT FORDWICH ON A TEN ACRE BUSH BLOCK "CALLED KILLARNEY" WITH THEIR ADOPTED NIECE,ELLEN DOYLES TWIN DAUGHTER "ELLEN CHARLOTTE (TAYLOR) DURMON"="gEORGE DuRMON, HuSbAND Of ANNE DOYlE bORN killARNEY. SHE cAmE fROm tHE ROSE Of tRAlEE WAS,tHAT plAcE". GEORGE DIED...NSWBDM 4096/1857.MARY EATON-DURMON DIED ...NSWBDM 5555/1869.THEY ARE BURIED UNDER THE HEADSTONE MARY EATON. THE TWO SISTERS, 12 YEAROLD ELLEN CHARLOTTE DURMON AND BABY KERRY TAYOR, SHARE THE ADJACENT HEADSTONE FOR "ALICE DAWSON". I HAVE SIGHTED THOSE 2 HEADSTONES AT SINGLETON. IMO THE GIRLS ACTUAL FATHER,SAMUEL TAYLOR ALSO RESTS WITH THE GIRLS. T WHITTINGHAM TOO. HIS NAME WAS JOHN TAYLOR WHO THEN USED THE NAME JOHN MILLIGAN. JOHN TAYLORS HEADSTONE BEARS A LONG INSCRIPTION..."JOHN RYLANDS OF INGLEWOOD SEDGEFIELD LATE OF ENGLAND 1892. JOHN TAYLORS NSWBDM IS JOHN MILLIGAN 13949/1885 SINGLETON. THE NEPHEW OF MARY AYTON,JOHN TAYLOR AKA MILLIGAN IS BURIED THERE AT WHITTINGHAM CAMETERY WITH THE HEADSTONE BESARING A LONG INSCIPTION-"JOHN RYELANDS OF INGLEWOOD SEDGEFIELD,LATE OF ENGLAND.1892...NSWBDM 13949/1885 SINGLETON.
Submitted by Researcher (barry mccann) on 14 October 2026

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Research notes

MARRIED MARY AYTON AT DUNGOG NSWBDM 511/1843 UNDER NAME MARY EATON. GEORGE DIED AT FORDWICH;BURIED AT WHITTINGHAM ANGLICAN CEMETERY UNDER THE NAME HENRY DAWSON NSWBDM 4096/1857 WITH MARY EATON.
Submitted by Researcher (barry mccann) on 14 October 2026

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Sources

  • The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/8, p.20

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