Is described on Marriage Certif as "Farmer"
Wife was 20 years his junior (16 at date of marriage - Second wife)
Permission to Marry Rose Connor:
CONNOR Rose Royal Admiral:
STENNING William Eden 00 APR 1848 CON52/2 p444 RGD37/7 : 1848/1830Notes for WILLIAM STENNINGS:
Headstone on (His wifes) 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.Not buried in grave with Wife (Ellen). Buried Section U Row 2 Plot 40 , Non marked Grave.
Also buried with him is: Julia Olive COLLINS, Grand daughter 25 sep 1898 aged 4
Also buried with him is : James Percy Chester CARROLL Grandson14 Nov 1898 aged 4
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 3 O'clock, for Cornelian Bay Cemetry.
Convict number 5384 William Stenning(s) 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
Order Books
County Gaol Calendar
William Stenning........ ..convicted of Felony.. .ordered to be Transported beyond the seas for the term
Of seven years
Bill of Costs
The Like order to the several persons under named for prosecuting and giving evidence against William Steening and Harriet Goddard for felony viz To
George Pincott, Prosecutor 1.13. -
Mary Pincott Witness 1. 8. -
William H Biddlecomb 5.18. -
William Groves 1. 6. 6
George F Shepheard 1. 4. 611.10.-Calendar Of Prisoners
6. WILLIAM STENNING (aged 22 R. Imp) Committed the 10th of January 1842, by G. Bent,
7. HARRIET GODDARD (aged 30 R. W. Imp) esq., charged on the oath of William Henry Biddelcombe, with FelonyIndictment Files
The Jurors for our Lady the Queen upon their Oath present that Harriet Goddard late of the Parish of Dunsfold in the County of Surrey Spinster and William Stenning late of the same place labourer on the eighth day of January in the fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Defender of the Faith with Force and Arms at the parish aforesaid in the county aforesaid three sheets of the value of nine shillings two shirts of the value of two shillings and nineteen yards of Calico of the value of nine shillings of the goods and chattels of one George Pincott before then feloniously stolen taken and carried away feloniously did receive and have, she the said Harriet Goddard then and there well knowing the said goods and chattels to have been stolen taken and carried away, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided and against the Peace of our said Lady the Queen her Crown and Dignity
The Jurors for our Lady the Queen upon their Oath present that William Stenning late of the Parish of Dunsfold in the County of Surrey and Harriet Goddard late of the same place Spinster on the twnety first day of December in the fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Defender of the Faith with Force and Arms at the parish aforesaid in the county aforesaid the dwelling house of George Pincott there situate feloniously did break and enter and three sheets of the value of nine shillings two shirts of the value of two shillings and nineteen yards measure of Calico of the value of nine shillings one bag of the value oftwo pence and three yards measure of sheeting of the value of three shillings of the goods and chattels of the said George Pincott in the said dwelling house then and there being found then and there in the said dwelling house feloniously did steal take and carry away against the Peace of our said Lady the Queen her Crown and Dignity
(one the first of these indictments, both were found not guilty. On the second, Harriet was found not guilty, and William was sentenced to transportation)Ship's Surgeon's Log - Convict Ship "Eden"
Date March 14
Name Wm Stenning
Age 21
Quality Convict
Disease Gonorrhea
How disposed of March 31 d
(NB d stands for discharged)
Notes for ROSE CONNOR:
Rose was a 24 year old House Servant from Liverpool when she was transported to Van Diemans Land. She was tried in Lancaster on 7 February 1843 and received a sentence of 7 years transportation. She was single, Roman Catholic and had one child. Rose was able to read a little.Her convict record states that she was apprenticed to Jas. Cunningham, the father of her child with whom she lived for 2 years. Ship character was good
Permission to Marry:
Married William Ernest STENNING, Then Married John COOPER
CONNOR Rose Royal Admiral STENNING William Eden 00 APR 1848 CON52/2 p444 RGD37/7 : 1848/1830
Connor Rose Royal Admiral COOPER John Arab 00 Jul 1845 CON52/2 P295
Notes for JOHN STENNINGS:
The 1841 Census for Dunsfold, Surrey has the following entry for Stennings:John Stennings 38 Ag Labourer
Ruth Stennings 35
George Stennings 15
Thomas Stennings 12
Harvey Stennings 9
Sarah Stennings 6
Alfred 4
Jobe 2No mention is made of William but in 1841 he may not have been home at the time of the Census. His parents and siblings are named in his convict record.
There was also another Stennings family in the Dunsfold, Surrey area on the Census records. They are:
William Stennings aged 40, Ag Labourer, his wife Mary aged 40, Daughters Susan 20, Emily 18, Mary 16, Matilda 2, and sons George 12, Thomas 10, Charles 8 & Lewis 6.
Was known as "Captian". Maybe ex army as was given a land grant at Franklyn in Tasmania.
More About JOHN WILLIAM STENNINGS:
Occupation: Bushman, Labourer, Millhand (1915)Marriage Notes for JOHN STENNINGS and SARAH EMMETT:
Witness to marriage : Henry John Stennings & Mary Ellen Stennings
More About JOHN WILLIAM STENNINGS:
Occupation: Bushman, Labourer, Millhand (1915)Marriage Notes for JOHN STENNINGS and SARAH EMMETT:
Witness to marriage : Henry John Stennings & Mary Ellen Stennings
Was son of Mary Stennings.. Prior to Marriage .
THOMAS ALFRED HILL STENNINGS, b. 12 November 1890, Hobart, Tasmania, AUST (Source: Birth Certificate - Hobart - RGD 33-1890-1028.).
b. 01 May 1894, Hobart, Tasmania, AUST (Source: Birth Certificate - Hobart - RGD 33-1894-87.); d. 1898, Hobart, Tasmania, AUST (Source: Death Certificate - Hobart- RGD 35-1898-642.).
Grandson of Willian Stenning(s)
Buried with Grandfather William Stenning(s)
(Source: Marriage Certificate - Hobart - RGD 37-1897-466.),
More About HARRIET STENNINGS:
Burial: Cornelian Bay, Tas, AUST
May be Roy Linden Stennings
b. 13 April 1891, Hobart, Tasmania, AUST (Source: Birth Certificate - Hobart - RGD 33-1891-1445.).
Adopted child of Alfred and Harriet Sproule
Second Marriage .. was married to Edsmond