MITCHELL Henry

Name	Henry MITCHELL
Country Of Origin	England
Born	1818
Died	1910
Birth/Baptism	Born approx. 1818, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Parents	Henry and Elizabeth Evans
Apprenticeship	unknown
Skills	Watchmaker, Jeweller
Work Locations	Hobart, Launceston
Street Address	Elizabeth Street, Launceston
Marriage/Spouse	19 May 1845, St David’s Church, Hobart, to Maria Clarke.
Trial	25 March 1841, Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Sentence	Transportation for life for burglary and cutting and maiming a policeman
Arrival	12 September 1841 on the convict ship, Westmoreland (2)
Police Number	2592
Convict Assignment	David Barclay, clock and watchmaker, Hobart
Ticket of Leave	25 September 1849
Conditional Pardon	11 January 1853
Other	Convicts records: Proper surname ‘Evans.’ Probation period: Browns River 1845: Assigned to David Barclay for a short time. Approx. 1850–1853: Watchmaking and jewellery business, Launceston. Advertised watches and jewellery for sale and ‘repairs neatly executed.’ By the end of July 1853, watchmaker Thomas Hughes was operating business in former premises of Henry Mitchell in Elizabeth Street. April 1854: Henry, Maria, and family departed Launceston and returned to England despite the requirement to remain in the colony under conditions of their pardons. Records in England show the family returned to using Henry’s original surname of Evans. The females in the family used their middle names as first names. 1856: A daughter was born to Henry and Maria at Greenwich (Henry’s occupation – licensed victualler). England Census 1861, 1871, 1891: Residence: Surrey, Maria’s (Isabella) place of origin. Henry returned to clock and watchmaking, and his Launceston-born son, Samuel, followed in his father’s trade. 1901 England Census: Henry, 83-year-old watchmaker and employer, was recorded as working at home with Charles Henry Evans, a watchmaker and his 25-year-old grandson.
Death	1910, Surrey, England
References
TAHO: CON33/1/11, CON27/1/9, CON14/1/10, CON52/1/2 1845, RGD37/1/4 no1927 Marriage 1845, RGD32/1/3 no3921 Birth 1851. Convicts Records, Maria Clark: CON40/1/12, CON15/1/2. Web: Ancestry: England & Wales Criminal Register 1841; London, England Births & Baptisms 1856 [Sarah Agnes Evans]; England Census 1861-1901, England & Wales Death 1910 [Henry Evans]. The Examiner (Launceston) 20 July 1850, 18 October 1851; Cornwall Chronicle 1 October 1851, 4 October 1851, 15 January 1853, 20 July 1853, 30 July 1853; The Courier Hobart 27 July 1853, 17 April 1854.