Peter Fowlser (c. 1800–1826)
Peter Fowlser (c.1800- ), a clerk, was found guilty (as Peter Foulser) on 18 September 1820 at the Old Bailey, London, of embezzling money from his widowed employer. Sentenced to 14 years transportation he arrived at Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), aboard the Medway in March 1821. He married Catherine Clarke on 13 July 1823 at the Catholic Church in Hobart. Their son Frederick was born in 1824.
Fowlser worked as a clerk for T. C. Simpson at Launceston. He died in late February 1826, after falling off his startled horse and suffering a skull fracture.
* information from: Ian Leader-Elliott, 'Catherine Connelly: Convict, Innkeeper and Litigant', Female Convicts Research Centre Seminar: Succeeding in the regular economy: the aftermath of convict sentences, Saturday 9 May 2015, Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, Hobart https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/seminars/IanLeader-Elliott_session2_May2015.pdf — accessed 18 November 2020
Additional Resources
- falls off his horse, Hobart Town Gazette, 25 February 1826, p 2, column 3
- proceedings of trial, Old Bailey, London, 18 September 1820 (pdf)
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Connelly, Catherine (wife)
Citation details
'Fowlser, Peter (c. 1800–1826)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/fowlser-peter-31270/text38658, accessed 19 April 2024.