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Henry TISSOTT

Henry TISSOTT

Male 1819 - 1882  (63 years)    Has 3 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Henry TISSOTT  [1, 2
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth 27 Mar 1819  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 31 Mar 1819  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Crime 8 Mar 1832  Stafford, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Convict Number Abt 1833 
    #UNKNOWN 
    Immigration: Dep. 28 Jul 1833  Plymouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Per "Isabella" 
    Immigration: Arr. 14 Nov 1833  Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Per "Isabella" 
    Immigration: Dep. 29 Apr 1847  George Town, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Per "Skerne" 
    Immigration: Arr. 1 May 1847  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Per "Skerne" 
    Newspaper Article 4 May 1847  [3
    Occupation 1 Aug 1854  Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Stonemason 
    Death Record 1882  Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    #13683 
    Death 12 Oct 1882  Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 13 Oct 1882  Koroit, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Tower Hill Cemetery - B328
    Henry Tissott (1819-1882) - Find a Grave Memorial
    Henry Tissott (1819-1882) - Find a Grave Memorial
    Probate 22 Mar 1883  [5
    #25/670 
    Newspaper Article 12 Jul 1894  [6
    FSID M11L-D27 
    Half-siblings 3 half brothers and 5 half sisters (family of James JOHNSTONE and Ann JARDINE
    Half-siblings 1 half brother and 2 half sisters (family of James JOHNSTONE and Grace BROWN
    Person ID I818  MyBradyTree | Ancestor of Darryl William BRADY , RTJ, Descendant of Convict Henry TISSOTT
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2024 

    DNA Tests  1 DNA test is associated with Henry TISSOTT 

    Father Ancestors James JOHNSTONE,   b. 11 Mar 1797, Orwell, Kinross-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1842, Leven, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    Other Partners: Ann JARDINE  m. 23 Jun 1815;   Grace BROWN  m. Bef 1831  
    Family ID F76906  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Joseph TISSOTT,   b. Between 1761 and 1775, New Holland, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1849, Brewood, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Rosanna PARKER,   b. Abt 1770, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1833, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage 4 May 1818  Brewood, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Church of St. Mary & St. Chad
    Notes 
    • Listed as Joseph (Lissot) Lysot - Rosanna Parker
    Family ID F500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ancestors Emma SUTHERLAND,   b. 26 Aug 1832, Holborn, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1920, Cannington, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jul 1853  Portland, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reference Number #4048 
    Notes 
    • the marriage was witnessed by her mother Sarah Sutherland.
    Children 
    +1. Joseph Henry TISSOTT,   b. 27 Aug 1854, Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1945, Winslow, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    â–» Elizabeth Hannah HUGHES  m. 6 Apr 1885
     2. Alfred TISSOTT,   b. 27 Oct 1856, Junction, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1935, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +3. Francis TISSOTT,   b. 30 May 1859, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1940, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    â–» Ellen HUGHES  m. 20 Jul 1886
    +4. Emma TISSOTT,   b. 8 Jun 1862, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1917, Cannington, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    â–» Alfred FREE  m. 4 Dec 1890
     5. Arthur TISSOTT,   b. 29 Oct 1864, Moliagul, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1867, Winslow, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
    +6. Harry TISSOTT,   b. 1 Jun 1867, Mount Taurus, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1935, Collie, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    â–» Mary LINDSAY  m. 25 Sep 1895
     7. Lewis TISSOTT,   b. 22 Dec 1869, Mount Taurus, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1899, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    +8. Maria Antoinette TISSOTT,   b. 11 Jun 1873, Yarpturk, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1897, Mepunga, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    â–» John Thomas MERRETT  m. 4 Oct 1894
    Family ID F499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2024 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Mar 1819 - Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 31 Mar 1819 - Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCrime - 8 Mar 1832 - Stafford, Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration: Dep. - Per "Isabella" - 28 Jul 1833 - Plymouth, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration: Arr. - Per "Isabella" - 14 Nov 1833 - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration: Dep. - Per "Skerne" - 29 Apr 1847 - George Town, Tasmania, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration: Arr. - Per "Skerne" - 1 May 1847 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Jul 1853 - Portland, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Stonemason - 1 Aug 1854 - Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath Record - #13683 - 1882 - Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Oct 1882 - Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 13 Oct 1882 - Koroit, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

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    Documents
    TISSOTT-Henry1819-GC001
    TISSOTT-Henry1819-GC001

    Convict Records
    Tissott: Convict #UNKNOWN
    Tissott: Convict #UNKNOWN
    Henry Tissott

  • Notes 
    • Henry Tissott (spelled Tissom in the baptismal register of Sts Peter and Paul RC church in Wolverhampton, Staffs. His mother was listed as Hannah. The priest admitted that the spelling was wrong at Henry's Pleadings for clemency. He was originally sentenced to death but this was commuted to 7 years transportation at VDL. He was something of a bad boy because he got another 6 years tacked on to his sentence. When he married Emma Sutherland in 1853 at Portland, Vic, the age is off by about 5 years. He could easily have subtracted 5 from his age to make him seem a little younger. I still have no proof that the Henry Tissett transported to VDL in 1833 on the Isabella is the same Henry Tissott who married in Portland in 1853.

      Henry was transported at 8 or 9 to Van Diemen's Land for stealing a cow. Henry was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, on 27th March 1819; he stole a cow and was tried and sentenced to death in 1831 at the Stafford Assizes. The sentence was commuted to 7 years transportation and he was transported to VDL on the Isabella in 1832 when he was 13. I have a transcript from the National Archives at Kew with this data. The transcript fortunately included a sworn statement by his priest as to his age.
      He ended up spending 14 years in the system for bad behavior and absconding. I haven't yet discovered how Henry got to Portland and I may never find out. As now, there were few records kept for people moving colony to colony. He could have crewed on a fishing boat for all I know and there were a lot of people moving around at that time hunting for gold. I looked at the Eureka Stockade signature list but couldn't find him there.
      The fact that Henry named his first son Joseph further evidence that this is the Henry that was transported. The transcript of the Stafford Assizes includes two pleadings for clemency from his father Joseph and the records from Tasmania show that he had tattoos on each arm one of which was an anchor and the initials J.T.

      Research Notes:
      Unassisted Shipping Index - http://www.vic.gov.au/
      Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British and Foreign Ports 1852-1889

      Surname Given Name Age Year Month Ship Port Fiche Page
      TISSOT ---- REV MR 0 1861 MAR DONALD MCKAY B 188 10

      Information by:
      Rosemary Jones (nee Tissott) - rjones5622-at-aol.com

  • Reference  Darryl Brady. "Henry TISSOTT". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I818 (accessed December 10, 2024).

  • Sources 
    1. [S738] RJones5622-at-aol.com, Rosemary Jones (nee Tissott), Some Information Submitted by Rosemary Jones (nee Tissott).

    2. [S1014] Trina Cullen (nee Chilton), Some Information Submitted by Trina Cullen (nee Chilton).

    3. [S954] Trove, Shipping Intelligence. (1847, May 4). The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846 - 1848), p. 2. Retrieved January 11, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4761495.

    4. [S924] Find A Grave, Henry Tissott https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74128457/henry-tissott.

    5. [S1302] Ancestry.com, Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009, Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591.

    6. [S954] Trove, Advertising (1894, July 12). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 8. Retrieved January 11, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8684457.

    7. [S1261] Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.