William Charles Manser, Convict "Duncan" 1840

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William Charles Manser

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Enfield, London, England
Death: January 24, 1910 (88-89)
Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia
Place of Burial: 26th January, 1910 General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia
Immediate Family:

Son of Private and Charlotte Shelling
Husband of Private and Sarah (Edwards) Manser, Convict "Tory" 1849
Father of Alfred Manser; Sarah Horne; Charles William Manser; William Charles Manser; Sabina Manser and 5 others

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≤p>≤h1 style="font-size: 2em; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Tenor Sans', arial, serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.2; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; text-shadow: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Charles Manser≤/h1> ≤h3 style="font-size: 1.4em; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Tenor Sans', arial, serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform:none; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.2; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; text-shadow: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Charles Manser, one of 259 convicts transported on the Duncan, 10 December 1840≤/h3> ≤h4 style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: #f5f5f1; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #000000; font-style: normal; margin: 30px 0px 10px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing:normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-radius: 4px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 10px;">Name, Aliases & Gender≤/h4> ≤table style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 400px;white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border: #cccccc 1px solid;"> ≤tbody> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Name:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">Charles Manser≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Aliases:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">Charles William, Mansen, Manson≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Gender:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">m≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤/tbody> ≤/table> ≤h4 style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: #f5f5f1; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #000000; font-style: normal; margin: 30px 0px 10px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-radius: 4px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 10px;">Birth, Occupation & Death≤/h4> ≤div class="left" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 440px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: left; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> ≤table style="width: 400px; border-collapse: collapse; border: #cccccc 1px solid;"> ≤tbody> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Date of Birth:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">1822≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Occupation:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">Farm labourer≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Date of Death:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">1910≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Age:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">88 years≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤/tbody> ≤/table> ≤/div> ≤div class="right" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: right; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> ≤div class="box" style="width: 230px; background: #e0f2ff; margin-left: 10px; border-radius: 4px; border: #75c5ff 1px solid; padding: 8px;"> ≤p class="bold" style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Life Span≤/p> ≤img src="https://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=230x100&cht=gm&chco...≤/p>≤p>eeee00≤/p>≤p>00ee00&chd=t:100" alt="Life span" width="230" height="100" /> ≤p class="text-center italic" style="font-style: italic; text-align: center; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Male medianlife span was 53 years*≤/p> ≤/div> ≤p class="smaller text-center" style="font-size: 0.8em; color: #666666; text-align: center;">* Median life span based on contributions≤/p> ≤/div> ≤div class="clearer" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; clear: both; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> ≤/div> ≤h4 style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: #f5f5f1; white-space:normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #000000; font-style: normal; margin: 30px 0px 10px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-radius: 4px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border: #cccccc1px solid; padding: 10px;">Conviction & Transportation≤/h4> ≤div class="right" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: right; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> ≤div class="box" style="width: 230px; background: #e0f2ff; margin-left: 10px; border-radius: 4px; border: #75c5ff 1px solid; padding: 8px;"> ≤p class="bold" style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Sentence Severity≤/p> ≤img src="https://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=230x100&cht=gm&chco...≤/p>≤p>eeee00≤/p>FF0000&chd=t:15" alt="Sentence Severity" width="230" height="100" /> ≤p class="text-center italic" style="font-style: italic; text-align: center; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Sentenced to 7 years≤/p> ≤/div> ≤/div> ≤table style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 400px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border: #cccccc 1px solid;"> ≤tbody> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color:#666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Crime:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">≤a style="color: #54a4de;" href="https://convictrecords.com.au/crimes/larceny">Larceny≤/a>≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Convicted at:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">Kent Maidstone Quarter Sessions≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Sentence term:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">7 years≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Ship:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">≤a style="color: #54a4de;" title="" href="https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/duncan">Duncan≤/a>≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Departure date:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">≤a style="color: #54a4de;" title="" href="https://convictrecords.com.au/timeline/1840">10th December, 1840≤/a>≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Arrival date:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">18th April, 1841≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Place of arrival≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">Van Diemen's Land≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Passenger manifest≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">Travelled with≤span> ≤/span>≤a style="color: #54a4de;" title="" href="https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/duncan/1840">258 other convicts≤/a>≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤/tbody> ≤/table> ≤h4 style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: #f5f5f1; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #000000; font-style: normal; margin: 30px 0px 10px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-radius: 4px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 10px;">References≤/h4> ≤div class="left" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 440px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: left; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> ≤table style="width: 400px; border-collapse: collapse; border: #cccccc 1px solid;"> ≤tbody> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Primary source:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 264≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤tr> ≤td class="field" style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 140px; vertical-align: top; background: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; color: #666666; text-align: right; padding: 4px;">Source description:≤/td> ≤td style="border-right: #cccccc 1px solid; border-bottom: #cccccc 1px solid; padding: 4px;">This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project.≤/td> ≤/tr> ≤/tbody> ≤/table> ≤/div> ≤div class="right" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: right; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> ≤div class="box" style="width: 230px; background: #e0f2ff; margin-left: 10px; border-radius: 4px; border: #75c5ff 1px solid; padding: 8px;"> ≤p class="bold" style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0.5em 0px;">Did you find the person you were looking for?≤/p> ≤p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;">If Charles Manser was the personyou were looking for, you may be able to discover more about them by looking at our≤span> ≤/span>≤a style="color: #54a4de;" href="https://convictrecords.com.au/resources">resources≤/a>≤span> ≤/span>page.≤/p> ≤p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;">If you have more hunting to do, try a new≤span> ≤/span>≤a style="color: #54a4de;" href="https://convictrecords.com.au/">search≤/a>≤span> ≤/span>or≤span> ≤/span>≤a style="color: #54a4de;" href="https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts">browse≤/a>≤span> ≤/span>the convict records.≤/p> ≤/div> ≤/div> ≤div class="clearer" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; clear: both; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> ≤/div> ≤div class="box contribute bottom bold text-center noprint" style="font-size: 12px; height: 75px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: #e0f2ff; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: bold; color: #000000; padding-bottom: 8px; font-style: normal; text-align: center; padding-top: 15px; padding-left: 8px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin-top: 20px; letter-spacing: normal; padding-right: 8px; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-radius: 4px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border: #75c5ff 2px solid;"> ≤p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;">Know more about Charles Manser?≤/p> ≤p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;">≤a class="modal-window contribute button green" style="overflow: visible; cursor: pointer; font-size: 14px; text-decoration:none !important; width: auto; background: url('https://www.convictrecords.com.au/assets/css/images/overlay-button.png') #2e9500 repeat-x 0px 0px; position: relative; font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-top: 6px; padding-left: 17px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1; padding-right: 17px; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 0px -1px 1px; border-radius: 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 0px 1px 3px;" title="" href="https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/edit/101806" rel="nofollow">Contribute to this record≤/a>≤/p> ≤/div> ≤div class="clearer" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; clear: both; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> ≤/div> ≤h3 style="font-size: 1.4em; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Tenor Sans', arial, serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.2; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; text-shadow: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Community Contributions≤/h3> ≤p class="bold" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">rossharrison on 14th May, 2014 wrote:≤/p> ≤p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Was convicted of two counts of larceny≤br />1 month Imprisonment+ 7 yrs Tranportation≤br />His older brother Jesse was found not guilty on a charge of Obstruction on the same day≤/p> ≤p class="bold" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">D Wong on 16th May, 2014wrote:≤/p> ≤p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Charles was transported for ‘stealing 2 fowls’ the property of William Bowman at Cranbrook, Kent.≤/p> ≤p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Charles was the son of Joseph and Clharlotte Shelling and was born at Enfield, Middlesex.≤/p> ≤p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Charles was 5’5” tall, light brown hair, hazel eyes, single, could read and write, slightly pockpitted, 2 scars forefinger left hand, CofE.≤/p> ≤p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">22/1/1840: Married Sarah Edwards (Tory) at St Mark’s church, Pontville, Tasmania.  They had 8 or 9 children.≤/p> ≤p style="font-size:12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Sarah died 2/3/1894 at Hobart.≤/p> ≤h3 style="font-size: 1.4em; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Tenor Sans', arial, serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.2; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; text-shadow: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Convict Changes History≤/h3> ≤p class="bold" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">ross harrison on 14th May, 2014 made the following changes:≤/p> ≤p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">convicted at, date of death: 1910 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime≤/p> ≤p class="bold" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">D Wong on 16th May, 2014 made the following changes:≤/p> ≤p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">alias1: Charles William, alias2: Mansen, alias3: Manson, date of birth: 1822 (prev. 0000), occupation≤/p> ≤p> ≤/p> ≤p>Sources: Australian Death Index 1787 - 1985≤/p> ≤p>London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813 - 1906≤/p> ≤p>Australia Marriage Index, 1788 - 1950≤/p> ≤p>1871 Census, England, Residence - St James, Clerkenwell, London, England≤/p> ≤p>AncestryFamily Trees≤/p> ≤p> ≤/p> ≤p>The Cornwall Chronicle - Saturday 12th April, 1856 - The Electoral Roll for Electoral District of Cumberland, Tas. Manser - Charles - Bothwell, household Bothwell - R. Whiteway - Landlord.≤/p> ≤p>On Sabina's birth certificate her father's name is written as William Charles Manser, labourer.≤/p> ≤p> ≤/p> ≤p>At the time of the birth of their first child Sarah,Charles is working as a shepherd at "Blue Hills", in Tasmania. When Jane and Catherine are born he is still working as a shepherd, but now the family seems to be living at Cluny, this must be where Charles is currently employed. By the time William is born the family are back in Bothwell and the rest of the children are born here including Sabina.≤/p> ≤p>Charles seems able to turn his hand to a number of occupations including sawyer, labourer and farmer over his working life.≤/p>

GEDCOM Note

Sources: Australian Death Index 1787 - 1985 ≤p>London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813 - 1906≤/p> ≤p>Australia Marriage Index, 1788 - 1950≤/p> ≤p>1871 Census, England, Residence - St James, Clerkenwell, London, England≤/p> ≤p>Ancestry Family Trees≤/p> ≤p>≤/p> ≤p>The Cornwall Chronicle - Saturday 12th April, 1856 - The Electoral Roll for Electoral District of Cumberland, Tas. Manser - Charles - Bothwell, household Bothwell - R. Whiteway - Landlord.≤/p> ≤p>On Sabina's birth certificate her father's name is written as William Charles Manser, labourer.≤/p> ≤p>≤/p> ≤p>At the time of the birth oftheir first child Sarah, Charles is working as a shepherd at "Blue Hills", in Tasmania. When Jane and Catherine are born he is still working as a shepherd, but now the family seems to be living at Cluny, this must be where Charles is currently employed. By the time William is born the family are back in Bothwell and the rest of the children are born here including Sabina. ≤p>Charles seems able toturn his hand to a number of occupations including sawyer, labourer and farmer over his working life.≤/p>

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William Charles Manser, Convict "Duncan" 1840's Timeline

1821
1821
Enfield, London, England
1822
March 10, 1822
Age 1
Enfield St Andrew, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
March 10, 1822
Age 1
Saint Andrew,Enfield,London,England
1850
December 26, 1850
Bothwell, TAS, Australia
1852
September 11, 1852
Tasmania, Australia
1854
August 25, 1854
Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia
1856
October 31, 1856
Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia
1859
February 20, 1859
Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia
1861
June 9, 1861
Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia