Dear Bernie,
Thankyou for your query. I have had a look at the quarter sessions minutes for Bath (local
criminal courts), and have found an entry for Thomas Catley who was convicted on the 28th
October 1837. The Bath quarter sessions record that he was sentenced to be
"Transported for 10 years". They also read "Stealing/ after a former
conviction/ one pair of trousers val[ue] 20s goods of John Turner. 2nd C[?] without former
conviction. 3rd C[?] property of George Hurd." We are not sure that the
"C[?]" represents, but it probably represents "count" i.e. charges
against him. Unfortunately, we do not have quarter sessions before 1837. The 28th Oct 1837
is the only conviction on our records, so any other convictions were probably 1836 or
earlier.
I also searched indexes which we hold to baptisms in the parishes of Bath Abbey
(1801-1840), St James (1813-1840), St Michael (1813-1840) but could find entries for the
name Catleys.
We have a database of marriage in North Somerset (including Bath) from 1754-1837. Here are
the listings for Thomas Catley:
CATLEY THOMAS 10.02.1755 MIDSOMER NORTON 2 3 11
CATLEY THOMAS 30.01.1804 BATHWICK 10 96 340
CATLEY THOMAS 31.08.1808 BATHWICK 11 48 142
CATLEY THOMAS 25.12.1816 MIDSOMER NORTON 6 17 51
Since you are discounting the Midsomer Norton Catleys (both of these are too early anyway:
if Thomas was transported in 1837 when he was 19, that gives us an 1818 birthdate), here
are details of the Bathwick Catleys:
30.01.1804 CATLEY THOMAS BACH OTP REBECCA PURNELL SPIN OTP B
31.08.1808 CATLEY THOMAS WID OTP JANE VIZER WID OTP B
Since the marriages are so close in date in the same parish, and since the second is a
widower when marrying in 1808, it could be that they are the same person, and that Rebecca
died between 1804 and 1808, and Thomas had remarried. Although this Thomas Catley is too
early to be your Thomas, it could be an ancestor. I searched the index for the register of
baptisms in Bathwick parish 1813-1840 and could find no Catleys.
I can also search a wider area to cover baptism records of Batheaston, Bathampton and
outlying villages (remembering the Midsomer Norton Catley's are no relation). However,
this would take longer than the brief search I conducted above, and so we would require a
fee. We charge £24 an hour with a minimum spend of £12 an hour. Unfortunately, we can only
accept £ Sterling by cash or cheque drawn from a UK bank.
I hope the information I have provided is useful. If you would like me to carry out the
further research outlined above, do let me know.
Kind Regards,
Philip Harper
Archives Assistant
Bath Record Office
Bath and North East Somerset Council
Guildhall
High Street
Bath BA1 5AW
Tel: (01225) 477421
Fax: (01225) 477439
Email: archives(a)bathnes.gov.uk
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www.batharchives.co.uk
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From: Bernie [mailto:catley@tadaust.org.au]
Sent: 04 July 2009 14:09
To: Archives
Subject: convicts sent from Bath
1835 to 1839 Thomas Catley son of Thomas was on his Cert of Leave but didn't say his
mother or were he was from i know he was done for stealing 2 or 3 times got are whipping
and the last time he was sent here to Bathurst N.S.W Australia .. so iam trying to work
out were he was from in the Bath area is it are big area as my dna test didnt match others
MSN Catley's -- so whats my next move Bernie Catley in Perth WA..
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