There are currently no biographies attached to this convict.
There are many versions of George's name; Margerrison, Margeson, Margesson, identified in research with his birth name identified as "Jerrison" and the later widely adopted Margieson currently.
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George was born about 1815 & christened. 2 July 1815 at St Mary & All Saints Church Chesterfield the sixth of six children of William Jerrison (Gerrison) & Elizabeth Glossop.
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George was tried on 5 Apr 1831 in Derby Quarter Sessions for housebreaking convicted & sentenced to 14 years transportation.
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George arrived Sydney aboard Isabella on 15 Mar 1832 ,with his Indent showing him as a "slater" with previous imprisonment of two months.
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Upon George's Indent there is reference to an elder brother "Charles Jerrison " ( Charles had been convicted and transported to Tasmania aboard Woodford in 1828).
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George was granted a Ticket of Leave 44/3024 on 28 Dec 1844 however there were many brushes with authority & Stone Quarry Bench Books 1829 to 1874 reveal some of which are attached his TOL.
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Assigned John MacArthur
6 Dec 1832 (50 lashes) & 20 Dec1832 (100 lashes)
Assigned Razor Back Road
22 Aug 1833 50 lashes) & 19 Sept 1833 (12 months in iron gang)
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Assigned Little Forest Gang
1 Jun 1835 (12 months iron gang Sutton Forest)
Assigned Captain Coghill
28 Nov 1838 (50 lashes on breech)
George was granted Certificate of Freedom 47/236 on 5 Mar 1847
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George married Isabella Wheeler nee Kitchen on 18 Nov 1849 in Molong NSW. Isabella was the widow of Henry Wheeler (Waterloo 1829) & had arrived in colony on 14 Jul 1840 aboard Bounty Ship "Formosa"
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There were two surviving stepchildren that George assumed responsibility;
Henry Edmund Wheeler 1845 & Joseph Wheeler 1848
Two other children Jane Wheeler 1845 & John Wheeler 1846 had died in infan
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George & Isabella had seven known children;
Elizabeth 1849 Boree NSW, Elizabeth 1850 Carcour near Bathurst,Isabella 1852 Burrendong NSW, Elizabeth 1853 Narrugal NSW, Hannah Jane 1857 Stoney Creek NSW
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Last two children were ; twins
Glossop 1858 Wellington Road Stoney Creek NSW &
George 26 Oct 1858 Wellington Road Stoney Creek NSW
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By 1959 George had moved to Dubbo where he operated a General Store in Macquarie Street, this business failed with George being investigated for bankruptcy. He absconded leaving all behind .
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George left his family behind and made his way back to England where he identified aged 46 living with his brother Glossop in Eckington Derbyshire on the 1861 English Census
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George's final fate is unknown at this time however his wife Isabella continued to raise their children in NSW and died 13 April 1880 in Dubbo and is buried C of E Cemetery Dubbo NSW
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