THOMAS RODWELL baptized 25 Dec 1778 St Edmunds Parish Salisbury Wiltshire England

His Father: SAMUEL RODWELL - England
His Mother: Mary (unknown maiden name)

Husband: THOMAS RODWELL B:1778 Salisbury Wiltshire
Married: * Martha Elton B:1786 (Parents:Thomas and Sarah Elton)*Shown as widowed almswoman 1861 England Census

Thomas Rodwell (B:1778) Children:
1817 George Rodwell M: Eliza Wheatland ex Hampshire
1819 DAVID RODWELL Transported to Tasmania 1838
1821 Caroline Rodwell D: March 1842 Salisbury Wiltshire
1823 Richard Rodwell 1840 M: Eliza Perren ex Hampshire
1826 Edward Rodwell 1847 M: Mary Barnes ; St Edmunds
1827 James Rodwell 2 July 1844 Wiltshire County Prison
1830 Martha Rodwell 1861 Salisbury; no husband present

DAVID RODWELL B:1819 son of shoemaker Thomas Rodwell; David arrived Hobart Tasmania Australia Aug 1838 per convict ship Lord William Bentinck (2).

*Dark complexion
*Oval visage *Medium nose
*Round head *High forehead
*Tattoo on right arm of woman
*Height (no shoes) 5' 3.5" 161.3 cms
*Brown hair & eyebrows *Green eyes
*Scars on ball of left thumb & on right cheek

1838 David Rodwell arrived Australia (D:1888)
1845 Free Certificate Gained; Hobart TAS No.150
1846 M: Rosina Hammond (B:1824 Chelmsford Essex D:1853)

ROSINA RODWELL (HAMMOND) wife of David Rodwell (B:1819)

*Transported for stealing a loaf of bread & a petticoat
*Trade recorded on convict papers ; housemaid & cooking
*Departed London 8 Sep 1844 on ship Tasmania (1) age 19
*Arrived Hobart VDL Australia 20 Dec 1844 Sentence 7 years
*M: David 1 Dec 1846 St Georges Church of England Hobart
* Rosina Rodwell recommended for conditonal pardon on 23 Jan 1849 - approved 5 Feb 1850

Personal Description of Rosina Hammond: Light hair and eyebrows, medium wide mouth,scar under left eye, fair complexion, oval visage & head, round chin, medium high forehead, small nose, height 5'1", religion Protestant, can read or write: some. brothers and sisters of Rosina Hammond (B:1824): Cornelius, Alex, Esther, Martha, Diana Hammond;Chelmsford Essex England

David Rodwell (B:1819) Children:
1848 DAVID CORNELIUS RODWELL Tasmania
1850 George Edward Rodwell D1866 Victoria
1852 Walter Thomas Rodwell D1875 Victoria

DAVID CORNELIUS RODWELL (B:1848) grandson of Thomas Rodwell, could be of particular interest to descendants & researchers.

1838 David C Rodwell born 11 Aug Clarence Plains Hobart
1852 Family arrived Victoria Australia; Castlemaine goldfields
1870 M:Mary Anne Curnick (B:1853 Melksham Wiltshire)
1871 First child of 12 born to David & Mary Rodwell ; see below
1913 David Cornelius Rodwell died Percydale Victoria Aust
1929 Mary Anne Rodwell (nee Curnick) died Avoca Vic

David C Rodwell (B:1848) Children:
- 1871 David James Rodwell - Married: Mary Rayner
- 1873 George Rodwell - Married: Elizabeth Wyhoon
- 1875 Ernest Albert Rodwell - Maried: Elizabeth Allan
- 1878 Edward Thomas Rodwell - M: Emma Allan
- 1880 Rosina Annie Rodwell - Married: Charles Wyles
- 1883 Samuel Richard Rodwell - M: Elizabeth Meredith
- 1885 Charles Walter Rodwell - Son: Percy Rodwell
- 1887 Lilian Marion Rodwell - Married: Hugh Cheyne
- 1890 Willliam Frederick Rodwell
- 1892 Henry Owen Rodwell - Married: Mabel Pitcher
- 1895 Violet Elizabeth Rodwell - M: Victor Lee / Ellis
- 1898 Elizabeth Daisy Rodwell - M: Tom Anderson

David C Rodwell (B:1848) Grandchildren:
David J 1871 = Herbert Rodwell
George 1873 = Stanley Rodwell, Kathleen, Percy Rodwell, Harold Rodwell, William Rodwell, Frederick Rodwell
Ernest 1875 = Elizabeth Rodwell, Edward Rodwell, Jack Rodwell, Nellie Rodwell, Dorothy Rodwell
Edward 1878 = Ernest Rodwell, Victor Rodwell, Kenneth
Rosina 1880 = Charles Wyles, Ivan Wyles
Samuel 1883 = Dorothy Rodwell, Stephen David Cornelius Rodwell (1908), Violet Rodwell
Charles 1885 = Percy Rodwell
Lilian B1887 = Leslie Cheyne, Bruce Cheyne
William 1890 =
Henry B1892 = Henry Rodwell, Roy Rodwell, William Rodwell, Lilian Rodwell, Albert Rodwell
Violet B1895 = Frank, Isobel, Jim, Clarice, Rose, Ray, Victor, Alf, Len (Surnames: Lee & Ellis)
Daisy B1898 = Alice, David Anderson, Jean, Joyce, Thomas Anderson, Dorothy, Esme, Alma

SAMUEL RICHARD RODWELL(B:1883) great grandson of THOMAS RODWELL (B:1778)

*Born 30 Apr 1883 Percydale near Avoca Victoria Australia
*Coalminer (D:1937) Buried Rylstone General Cemetery NSW
*Married Elizabeth Meredith (B:1 May 1889 Burwood NSW) D:1964

Samuel R Rodwell (B:1883) Children:
1905 Dorothy Ann Rodwell ; B: Jumbunna Victoria; D:1991 ; Married Stanley Carter
1908 Stephen David Cornelius Rodwell ; B: Jumbunna; D:1985 ; M: Violet Florence Bennett
1911 Violet Isabel Rodwell ; B: Rylstone NSW; D: 1979; M: Ernest Dean (Occupation: coalminer)

Stephen D C Rodwell (B:1908) Children:
1929 David Richard Rodwell M:Sydney NSW; Ellen Agnes Scott ;parents of Denise Ann Cappello, Wayne Richard Rodwell, Warren Richard Rodwell
1930 Harold Rodwell (infant death)
1931 Valda M: George Lester ; parents of Brian Lester, Patricia Wells, Christine Howard
1932 Arthur Rodwell (infant death)
1933 Stephen Rodwell ; father of Stephen Rodwell, Mark Rodwell

RODWELL 1880 PICTURE :
By kind courtesy Avoca District Historical Society
http://journals.worldnomads.com/warrenr/post/31018.aspx