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Tuesday, 26 April 2022

ABSCONDED CONVICTS Trove Tuesday 26th Apr 2022

 



 Details can include names, home, name of ship of arrival, age, physical description, any identifying marks, occupations/trade, sometimes personal relationships.

Note the various dates from when they absconded, some did so years before these notices.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 20 April 1836 (No.218) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230672154



National Museum Australia

An example of two different types of convict labour. In the foreground are two convicts erecting a post-and-rail fence, whilst behind them an unironed gang brings timber to the Port Arthur settlement (Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, DGA 64/v.1, ‘Gentlemen Convicts – The Centipede’, Thomas Lempriere, ca 1836).






Illustration no 232: ‘The carpenter’s shop’, from ‘Illustrations of useful arts, manufactures, and trades’ by Charles Tomlinson, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, [1858]. Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Sydney Living Museums


New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 4 May 1836 (No.220) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230672289




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New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 11 May 1836 (No.221).National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230672290



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Tuesday, 29 March 2022

ABSCONDED CONVICTS Trove Tuesday 29th Mar 2022








 Details can include names, home, name of ship of arrival, age, physical description, any identifying marks, sometimes personal relationships.

Hobart Town Gazette (Tas. : 1825 - 1833), Saturday 25 August 1827, page 2 (3)  National Library of Australia   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8790890

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New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 16 May 1832 (No.11) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230388397

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New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 15 July 1835 (No.176) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230655808

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Port Arthur Penal Settlement


Tuesday, 8 February 2022

ABSCONDED & TICKETS OF LEAVE, MALE & FEMALE CONVICTS Trove Tuesday 8th Feb 2022

 




ABSCONDED CONVICTS, male & female

Details can include names, home, name of ship of arrival, age, physical description, any identifying marks, sometimes personal relationships.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 11 February 1835   National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230654779 


These are different versions, courtesy of AMW, 


TICKETS OF LEAVE

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 19 July 1844 (No.65), page 934 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230676689


New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 19 June 1846 (No.50), page 75  National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230142624


New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Tuesday 18 August 1846 (No.69) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230143378


One of the most helpful sites is
 https://convictrecords.com.au..

The following selections give you an idea as to what you might find re various convicts. Not all are listed and anyone can contribute. These are just a few names from the clippings above. The information can be as simple as a few words, or quite comprehensive. You are welcome to add your own findings, as it all helps.


11 Feb 1835

Eliza Davis/Davies P.1.


https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/davis/eliza/44199


Date of Birth:

1810

Occupation:

Servan

Crime:

Robbing a person

Convicted at:

Middlesex Gaol Delivery

Sentence term:

Life

Ship:

Lucy Davidson

Departure date:

10th July, 1829

Arrival date:

29th November, 1829

Place of arrival

New South Wales

Passenger manifest

Travelled with 100 other convicts

Community Contributions

Vicki Osborn on 8th June, 2020 wrote:

Eliza Davis (Davies) was born in 1810, Southwark Borough. She was 19 when she was sentenced to Life for robbing a person. She was a servant of all work and a needlewoman. Protestant. Reads and writes.

Indent Description: Single. Ruddy, freckled complexion, grey eyes and red hair. Tattoos: RHGS, 1839 indistinctly on right arm, lower part TTMB, I Love to the … 4’11” tall.

She was assigned to: Richard Humphries, 1829, Pitt St, Sydney (Convict Indent); Mr Kemp, September, 1831, Newcastle; and Mrs Ward, April, 1835, Paterson (NGEB State Archives)

Ticket of Leave: 25th January, 1845, Paterson [45/0010]

Application to marry: (1)Richard Stack per Guilford, 15th October, 1831, Newcastle. (2) John/James Dyson (alias Crosley) per Lord Sidmouth, 25th January, 1832, Newcastle.

Eliza married John Dyson in 1832, Newcastle.

Eliza was one of the female convicts who were sentenced to 3 years in a penal settlement for mutinous conduct and riot at the female factory Parramatta, 17th February, 1835.



Johnathon Watson.    P.2.


Crime:

-

Convicted at:

Lancaster (Liverpool Boro') Quarter Session

Sentence term:

Life

Ship:

Marquis of Huntley

Departure date:

5th April, 1830

Arrival date:

21st August, 1830

Place of arrival

New South Wales

Passenger manifest

Travelled with 228 other convicts


Bridget Clarke p.3


Date of Birth:

1807

Occupation:

Country servant

Date of Death:

-

Age:

-

Crime:

House robbery

Convicted at:

Ireland, Cavan

Sentence term:

7 years

Ship:

Asia 1

Departure date:

10th September, 1829

Arrival date:

13th January, 1830

Place of arrival

New South Wales

Passenger manifest

Travelled with 67 other convicts

Primary source:

Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry.

Maureen Withey on 25th February, 2021 wrote:

Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry.

Bridget Clarke, alias Clark, age on arrival, 23, per Asia I (5) , 1830; Tried at Cavan, 1829, 7 years, for Robbery house. DOB, 1807, native place, Cavan. Single, Catholic, All work country.

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Applications to Marry.

James Brewster, Archduke Charles, age 44, 14 years, Free; and Bridget Clarke, Asia (7), age 23, 7 years, Bond. Date of permission, 31 Mar 1830, Parramatta, Revd. William Yate.

Convict Changes History

Maureen Withey on 25th February, 2021 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. (prev. ), firstname: Bridget, surname: Clarke, alias1: Clark, alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1807, date of death: 0000, gender: f, occupation, crime



Bridget KENNEDY      Page 4


Crime:

-

Convicted at:

Middlesex. Westminster Quarter Session

Sentence term:

Life

Ship:

Buffalo

Departure date:

4th May, 1833

Arrival date:

5th October, 1833

Place of arrival

New South Wales

Passenger manifest

Travelled with 180 other convicts