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William Littlewood - Convict on Charles Sturt's Second Exhibition

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All researchers know we cannot all rely on what we find on Ancestry.com.  A number of trees have recorded William Littlewood Snr as the step father of William Littlewood Jnr (father of Rose Littlewood). William Littlewood Jnr it seems was the son of Bridget Kelly. To date I have not found the records that connect William Jnr to Bridget Kelly other than her marriage to William Snr.  Oddly none of the trees seem to have picked up the information that William Littlewood Snr was a convict on Charles Sturt's Second Exhibition. Also, many other vitals seem to be missing.  It seems nice to think William Littlewood Snr is indeed connected to our tree, and there are some interesting factors that I will explore (ironic). For the purpose of this I will continue to call them William Snr and Jnr. Here are William Snr's vitals: Born : About 1793 Native Place : Staffordshire Convicted : 13 March 1828 (Staffordshire Lent Assizes) Crime:  Transportation : Arrived Sydney November 1828...