Herman Moll

Herman Joseph Moll (31 January 183818 December 1882) was a convict transported to Western Australia. He was one of only four such convicts to be elected to the prestigious and respected position of member of a local Education Board.

Biography Born in Cologne, Germany, the son of Joseph Moll, a tobacco merchant, and Sophia Eick, he went to England 1856 aged 18 where he worked for John Wich, Belgian Consul and Merchant. Moll was a notably devout Catholic. Later described as a "London man of business", he was convicted of forging and uttering in 1861 stealing 150 pounds from Wich. Sentenced to ten years' penal servitude, he was transported to Western Australia on board , arriving in December 1862.

Moll was described as having greyish hair and hazel eyes. His face is described as full, his complexion dark and his build as middling stout. At the time, it was noted that he had a "scar left thumb and near forefinger, injured third finger right hand". Moll received his ticket of leave 16 July 1864 and was appointed to teach in the York district.

He later found work as a clerk and accountant for John Monger. He was eventually promoted to manager of Monger's York business.

Business In late 1880, Moll moved to Cossack to manage the business of Macrae and Co. He broke a leg in 1882 while disembarking at Cossack and died of complications. It is likely he is buried in an unmarked grave at Cossack.

Wife Agnes Moll as a widow supported her three fatherless children by running a boarding house.