Is described on Marriage Certif as "Farmer"
Wife was 20 years his junior (16 at date of marriage - Second wife)
Notes for WILLIAM STENNINGS:
Headstone on grave has death date as 1 November 1897. Death on Death Certificate issued in Hobart district has date as 30 January 1897 in the General Hospital.The Mercury 1st Feb 1897:
STENNING. On Saturday Jan 30th, 1897 at Hobart Willian Stenning, after a long and painful illness, in the 82nd year of his age. Funeral will leave his late residence 140 Harrington Street, on Thursday Afternoon, at 3O'clock, for Cornelian Bay Cemetry.
Convict number 5384 William Stennings was transported to Van Diemans Land for 7 years on the Eden 2. He was tried in Surrey, St Mary Newington on 7 February 1842 for stealing wearing apparel. William's convict record states that he was single, Protestant, could read. Stated offence housebreaking and stealing goods including sheets and a gown in Surrey, Dunsfold.Other details include:
Trade: Timber Feller/Sawyer & Ploman
Height: 5' 5 1/2
Age: 22
Complexion: Fresh
Hair: Brown
Whiskers: None
Visage: Round
Eyes: Brown
Native Place: Dunsfold
Scar on third finger and first finger left hand, scar on right thumb.Period of probation - 2 years
Released from first stage of probation 5 July 1844.
Ticket of Leave received 6 April 1847.Convict record states his father is John and mother Ruth. Two brothers Thomas and Alfred listed in native place.
Eden (2)
Second voyage Male convicts on board
Departure Port: Woolwich Departure Date: 22 Mar 1842
Arrival Port: Hobart Arrival Date: 05 / 06 Jul 1842
Convicts landed VDL: 275
Notes: Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Died on board: BROWN Jonathan CLOW Charles HOLMES David KAYE John SMITH Henry (1st)
Sources: Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference. Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985. Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1834-1842, Roebuck, 1985, p230. Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77. Archives Office of Tasmania, Convict Department, Registers of Convict's Deaths, 10 Jun 1840-31 Mar 1846, 25 Nov 1845-5 Jul 1874, (Ref: CON 63).
Convicts on board listed by Researchers HADLEY John LODGE Henry LUCAS William LUCAS William MARSHALL James RICKARDS William Henry B SEARLE George SMITH Philip STENNINGS William
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers No current listings
Burial Registration Number: <1B 19832>
Source: Death Certificate - Hobart - Central Folio H 0704/1916
Religion: CE
Burial Date: 14 Apr 1916
Age: 68
Last Residence: Barrack St Hobart
Source: Death Record - Esperance - RGD 35-1882-217
Buried with Husband Edwin Ratcliffe
Cornelian Bay, Hobart TasmaniaCE OB 231