Person Sheet


Name James ASKEY
Birth 1813, Warwick UK
Death 14 Nov 1891, Hobart
Occupation Labourer and Farmer.
Education Basic
Religion Probably Presbyterian - Buried in the Presbyterian Kirk at Granton, Tasmania
Father John ASKEY (1781-1845)
Mother Sarah JONES (1786-1834)
Spouses:
1 Mary Ann SPEIRS
Birth 13/4/1821, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland
Death 14 Nov 1853, On board the "Antipodes on the way to England
Occupation Housewife
Father Alexander SPEIRS (1790-)
Mother Ann KAIN (1790-)
Marriage 4 Apr 1840, New Norfolk
Children: Mary Ann (1841-1842)
Elizabeth (1842-1853)
Margaret (1843-1917)
John (1845-1932)
James Jnr (1846-1872)
Sarah (1849-?)
Henry (1852-1856)
William Weinyss (1853-1853)
2 Mary Keefe
Birth 1821, England
Death ? , ?
Marriage 28 Dec 1854, Weslayan Church Melvill Street, Hobart
Children: William (1855-1892)
Mary Ann (1857-?)
Hannah (1859-?)
Henry (1861-1916)
Samuel (1863-?)
Eliza (1865-?)
Louisa Frances (1867-?)
Emma (1870-1894)
Alfred James (1871-1954)
Rebecca Florence (1874-?)
Sarah Elizabeth (1875-1875)
Notes for James ASKEY
Transported to Tasmania as a convict for stealing one shilling from a butcher in Manchester, England. Reached over the counter and took the 1/- from the till.
The Askey's are in significant numbers in the Manchester, Warwick and Stoke-on-Trent regions and descend from the McLeod Clan in the Isles of Lewis and Harris.
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