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Hiram Akers
1823 - 1911 (87 years)-
Name Hiram Akers Born 31 Aug 1823 Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom 
[1, 2, 3] - Hiram Akers
Christened 12 Oct 1823 Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom [2, 3] - Hiram Akers
Gender Male Eye Colour Hazel Hair Colour Brown Height 5 ft 2.5 inches Died 20 Jun 1911 Dunolly, Victoria, Australia [2] Buried Tarnagulla, Tasmania, Australia [2] Notes - Hiram Akers aged 20, shoemaker, was tried 30 June 1840 at Stafford Quarter Session for stealing trowsers. Embarked 25 May 1841, sailed 7 June and arrived at Hobart 4 Oct 1841.
The arrival date suggests the vessel is the David Clarke, a barque of 608 tons built at Calcutta 1817, with 307 convicts delivered after a voyage of 119 days from Plymouth
Hiram is described as 5 ft 2.5 inches tall, brown hair, hazel eyes, scars on each cheek. He received his Ticket of Leave 17 Nov 1846 and was discharged 30 Jan 1849. In 1843 he was in trouble for possessing tobacco.
Aged 17, tried in Staffordshire, England, imprissoned for 2 months (trial was 1 Jan 1839).
Aged 18, tried in Staffordshire, England, sentenced to transportation, 10 years (trial was 30 June 1840). [2]
Person ID I1070 King/Mills Family History Last Modified 10 Sep 2010
Father Thomas Akers, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Sofia, d. Yes, date unknown Married 11 Jul 1809 Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England, United Kingdom [2] Family ID F1428 Group Sheet
Family 1 Elizabeth Medwin, b. 1831, d. 1851, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 20 years) Married 5 Jun 1849 St Paul's Church, Stanley, Tasmania, Australia [2, 4, 5] Notes - Hiram Akers aged 25 wed 5 June 1849 to Elizabeth Medwin aged 18, both made their marks, in the presence of Edwin Medwin and Mary Atkins at St Paul's Church, Stanley, Tasmania. Elizabeth was a daughter of William Medwin and Elizabeth Sarah Cock. On the same day Sarah Medwin aged 16 wed Robert Latimer 34 schoolmaster with John Medwin as witness. Elizabeth's death is recorded in Victoria 1851 #28482 aged 19, buried from Church of England, St Peters Melbourne [2]
Children + 1. Sophia Matilda Akers, b. 24 May 1850, Horton, Tasmania, Australia , d. 1915, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (Age 64 years)Family ID F333 Group Sheet
Family 2 Thomasina Cornish, b. Abt 1831, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom , d. 31 Oct 1909, Tarnagulla, Tasmania, Australia (Age ~ 78 years) Married 13 Apr 1852 St James Church, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [6, 7] Children + 1. Albert Akers, b. 1868, Newbridge, Victoria, Australia , d. 1905 (Age 37 years)+ 2. Eliza Akers, b. 1863, Tarnagulla, Tasmania, Australia , d. 1943, Red Cliffs, Victoria, Australia (Age 80 years)3. Selina Akers, b. 1864, Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia , d. 1957, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia (Age 93 years)+ 4. William Akers, b. 1861, d. 1930, Dolly’s Flat, Victoria, Australia (Age 69 years)+ 5. Mary Ann Akers, b. 6 Sep 1851, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , d. 1935, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia (Age 83 years)+ 6. Henry Hiram Akers, b. 1856, Daylesford, Victoria, Australia , d. 16 Sep 1906 (Age 50 years)7. Ann Akers, b. 10 Aug 1856, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia , d. 5 Jul 1896 (Age 39 years)+ 8. Arthur Akers, b. 1858, d. 1913, Rushworth, Victoria, Australia (Age 55 years)Family ID F524 Group Sheet
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Sources - [S10] Tasmania Pioneers Index, 498.
- [S23] Henry Hiram Akers, Elizabeth Janson.
- [S7] England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906, Ancestry.com.
- [S3] William and Elizabeth Medwin Family History, Elizabeth Janson.
- [S64] Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949, Ancestry.com, (#490).
- [S11] GenCircles, http://www.gencircles.com/users/yvonnehughes/1/data/1610.
- [S23] Henry Hiram Akers, Elizabeth Janson, #5930.
- [S10] Tasmania Pioneers Index, 498.
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