Robert
Cator
Born [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Wheatley) Cator
— married
12 Aug 1862 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 72
in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Profile last modified
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Biography
Robert came to Western Australia as a prisoner on the Lord Raglan, arriving on 1 June 1858.[1]
He married Sarah Wheatley on 12 August 1862 in Perth.[2]
Sarah died in 1865.
- ROBERT CATOR, charged , with drunken-ness by Lance-corporal Bawscher, waa fined 10s, or in default, fourteen days imprisonment.[3]
- James Bright, Robert Cator, and Louis Emilen, all three of whom had been found sleeping in a pavilion on the Old Recreation Ground, were charged as vagrants. Bright was let off on the repre sentation that he had employment to go to at Smith's Mill. Emilen, who is a native of Mauritius, was also set at liberty. Cator stated that he had recently left the depot to look for work. He was sent to gaol for one month.[4]
Robert died in Perth on 4 February 1906.[5]
Sources
- ↑ https://fremantleprison.com.au/history-heritage/research/convict-database/ CATOR, Robert, 4974, 1 Jun 1858, Lord Raglan, Date of Birth: 1834, Marital Status: Unmarried, Occupation: Carpenter, Literacy: Semiliterate, Sentence Date: 1856, Sentence Place: Swaffham, England, Crime: House breaking, Sentence Period: 10 years, Previous Convictions: Yes, Ticket Leave Date: 21 Feb 1862, Conditional Pardon Date: 4 Jul 1864, Comments: Self-employed as carpenter 1862-1864
- ↑ "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZ6-JXL : 18 July 2023), Robt. Cater, 1862.
- ↑ PERTH POLICE COURT. (1890, June 26). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3135146
- ↑ POLICE COURTS. (1897, October 8). The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), p. 13. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66522391
- ↑ "Australia Deaths and Burials, 1816-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCC-FX6 : 28 January 2020), Robert Cator, 1906.
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