My Family History Jim.

[Pensioner]

What the fuck. The theaving bastard.

William Golding from Convict to Market Gardener and Dairy Farmer

• • Midsummer 1849 No 42
The Queen V Golding

Sheep stealing True Bill Guilty Ten Years Transportation.

At the sessions an Indictment was preferred by Thomas Kent- against William Golding late of the Parish of Fenditton in the County of Cambridge
Butcher for sheep stealing Which said indictment was found by the Grand Jury to be a True Bill And the said William Golding being present here in court and having heard the said Indictment read pleaded Not Guilty

/ thereto and put himself upon the County but upon Trial was convicted Whereupon it was considered by the Court and agreed the the said William Golding be transported for the term of ten years to such place beyond the Seas as Her Majesty by and with the advice of Her Most Honorable Jury Council shall be pleased to direct.

Personal and other Description of convicts belonging to the Convict Establishment,Western Australia. age 25 years height 5 feet 7 1/2 inches; hair- light brown; eyes-grey; visage- long; complexion- fresh; marks on right arm W.G.A.G.E.G.

These letters probably stand for William Golding. Amy Golding. Emily Golding) as William was noted as married and having one child at time of transportation
Convict No 191 arrived in Fremantle on board the Mermaid 07/05/1851 Religion Protestant,Sentenced 05/07/1849 Ticket of Leave 17/02/1852 and a Full Pardon October 1859.Comments Worked for self 1852,1858,Son of William.

In the 1860's he had a contract to supply milk to the government for 16 years and was also a Market Gardener at Freshwater Bay 1853-1883 were William and his son William employed 20 T/L men
1870 The Horticultural Show comment in the Perth Gazette & W.A.Times 11/02/1870 Reads as follows." As regards the second prize for potatoes we cannot agree with the judges, Mr Backshell's Teds were beyond all doubt much superior to the parcel to which the second prize was awarded". Second prize for Best Potatoes, 1 kind, not less than 1 Peck, W.Golding.Prize money of 2Shillings 6pence. William also Won First prize for Best Chillies.Prize money 5Shillings.
1871 Perth Horticultural Society comment in Perth Gazette & W.A.Times " The display of Vegetables was not numerous but those exhibited were of superior samples of their kind.The four kinds of potatoes shown by Mr F. Backshall, and those by Mr Golding, were samples rarely seen.Best Potatoes 4 kinds not less than 1 peck, Second Prize W. Golding. Prize money 5Shillings. Best Potatoes 1 kind not less than 1 peck,Second Prize W. Golding. Prize money 5Shillings 6 pence.Best Capsicum or Chillies Second Prize,W Golding,Prize money 2Shillings 6 pence,Best Tomatoes Second Prize W. Golding 2Shillings 6pence.
After Williams death in 1872 Son William ran both the market garden and the Dairy wich moved from Dyer Street West Perth to Duke Street in 1894. The Dairy No longer appears in the Postal directories after 1901.
Buried East Perth Cemetery Western Australia L36 Plot No 453. with Father in-law Thomas McMullen and Thomas's wife Ann. Religion Church of England.

[Pensioner]

One for Dev and Kev. My father in law.

[Pensioner]

One for clinton

French buggers in the family. Cicille Or S Couview, 1585. The shame.

[Pensioner]

At least I have not found any yanks yet.

[Flora]

Love it Pen - I've a few rogues in my family too (but no Yanks)

[JimC]

My Dad's family came from Reading.

For some weird reason, people from the UK think this is amusing.

Is there something strange about Reading?

[Pensioner]

My Dad's family came from Reading.

For some weird reason, people from the UK think this is amusing.

Is there something strange about Reading?

Me thinks Oscar Wilde Jim.


He did not wear his scarlet coat,
...For blood and wine are red,
And blood and wine were on his hands
....When they found him with the dead,
The poor dead woman whom he loved,
.... And murdered in her bed.

He walked amongst the Trial Men
.... In a suit of shabby gray;
A cricket cap was on his head,
.... And his step seemed light and gay;
But I never saw a man who looked
....So wistfully at the day.

I never saw a man who looked
....With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
....Which prisoners call the sky,
And at every drifting cloud that went
....With sails of silver by.
I walked, with other souls in pain,
....Within another ring,
And was wondering if the man had done
....A great or little thing,
When a voice behind me whispered low,
....That fellows got to swing
Dear Christ! the very prison walls
....Suddenly seemed to reel,
And the sky above my head became
....Like a casque of scorching steel;
And, though I was a soul in pain,
....My pain I could not feel.
I only knew what hunted thought
....Quickened his step, and why
He looked upon the garish day
....With such a wistful eye;
The man had killed the thing he loved
....And so he had to die.



Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
....By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
....Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
....The brave man with a sword!
Some kill their love when they are young,
.....And some when they are old;
Some strangle with the hands of Lust,
....Some with the hands of Gold:
The kindest use a knife, because
....The dead so soon grow cold.
Some love too little, some too long,
....Some sell, and others buy;
Some do the deed with many tears,
....And some without a sigh:
For each man kills the thing he loves,
....Yet each man does not die.

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[Pensioner]

Love it Pen - I've a few rogues in my family too (but no Yanks)

Fooking hell mate I found a Sir Thomas 1650,what a dick.

[Pensioner]

Fooking Australians, I have hundreds of the buggers in the family tree.

[JimC]

Fooking Australians, I have hundreds of the buggers in the family tree.

Mostly convicts, I imagine...