Transportation records and convict histories, particularly focusing on those sent to Australia and other penal colonies. These records often contain detailed biographical information.
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1. JOHN PIGG He married MARY SHEFFIELD. Child of JOHN PIGG and MARY SHEFFIELD is: 2. i. SARAH2 PIGG, b. 1772, Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire UK; d. 13 Nov 1827, Windsor NSW Australia. G...
Thomas UPTON b. 1764 ? England UK d. 10 May 1827 Windsor NSW Auastralia m. 04 Jul 1803 The Hawkesbury Inn Windsor NSW Australia Sarah PIGG ( see PIGG & HOSKISSON journals) In 1787 at the age of 23...
I've just started researching the DENLEY family on behalf of my brother-in-law. Joshua (Josiah) DENLEY {AFN: 238P-WNR} See Monaro Pioneers was born abt 1822 England possibly Surrey area. He was a ...
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Thomas (HODGKIS) HOSKISSON b. 1775 England UK d. Aug 1799 Lower Blue Mountains NSW Australia burried Yellow Rock Yarramundi NSW m. Sarah PIGG 30 Jan 1795 St. Phillips Sydney NSW Australia. ( See Sara...
I am descended from John Hoare born abt 1778 in County Wexford, Ireland. He was a convict coming to Australia on "Canada" in 1801. He married Elizabeth Amelia Love on 10/7/1809 in Sydney. Their daug...
Trying to find out the meaning of all the tattoos that one of my 3g grandfathers had. Information sourced from ships' indent and his Ticket of Leave. His name was Samuel DINNER born 1820 Bristol, ...
Robert Hay (alias James Colvan) was transported to Van Diemens Land for seven years for stealing sheep at Perthshire in Scotland. He married Maria Hazelwood / Hopper and they had 12 children. I am int...
John SIMMONS was a convict, native of Taunton, Somersetshire. After much sifting through surviving records, it is thought that his parents were most likely Richard and Elizabeth SYMONS who baptised...
Lanky Tom Howarth Transported to Australia on the Waterloo arrived Australia July 1829 Married Caroline Cole. Left children in England when he was transported His wife had died, Had 12 more children i...
Does anyone know anything about James Hayden b. 1761 in Staffordshire England? He was tried and convicted in Staffordhsire on 30th July 1788 and sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia aboard...
I am researching Richard & Alice BRANSDEN and their children. They had 12 children (listed below, if you think you have a link to any of these families please contact me. 1. Richard William Dowzer (o...
James Dooley (the younger) Information from his convict record. Born abt 1821 Wells St-Oxford St Middlesex. Religion-Protestant. Occupation-Painter,guilder,glazier. Convicted on the 9/7/1845 at Maids...
JOHN EMBRY Born about 1770 USA Died 29 Mar 1813 Windsor NSW Australia. Burial is 29th March 1813 (listed as age 43) V18133014 2A/1813 Married first Ann CLARK born about 1780 in UK Marriage in UK...
Thomas Hobbs born 1795 at Hambleden, son of Robert Hobbs and Elizabeth Bowyer. Had 7 children at White Waltham all christened between 1818 and 1830 mainly by the Rev William Vansittart who then owned ...
Charles Dunn born Abt. 1805. Baptised at St John-At-Hackney. Father's name Charles also, mother unknown although we suspect may be Esther (two sons had daughters named Esther). Charles' (1805)br...
Looking for information on Joseph Kearns, alias Dungan Kearns. He came to Australia on the "Sugar Cane" as a convict from Ireland. He married another convict Elizabeth Ready who came out on the "Minst...
John Henry Levett arrived in NSW as a convict. First Marriage Abigail Brown issue John Henry Levett, died Quandary 1870. Second marriage Mary Ann Clark, issue Vine Julia, Josiah, William, Emmeline, Ar...
Richard Kemp married Mary Deal in 1823 and settled in Pittwater Sorell Tasmania.Richard was a convict transported in 1803 and Mary Deal was also a convict transported in 1819.They had seven children.
Edward TREVILLIAN was born in Poole, Dorset about 1831, baptised on 18 September 1831, son of Job TREVILLIAN and Ann TURNER. Edward had one sibling, a sister called Matilda and 6 half siblings from ...
I am looking for information about Richard Walsh who was transported to New South Wales, from Ireland, on the 'Blenheim'in 1834. He was convicted of maiming and sentenced to 7 years. He may also hav...
I am looking for information on John Cooper, born circa 1801 in Lancashire England. He was convicted of Highway Robbery and sent to Van Diemans Land (Tasmania, Australia) in 1823 on the Sir Godfrey We...
Looking for info on David BECK, born 1793/4 in Ireland, who was transported to Tasmania onboard the Minerva in 1818. He received a conditional pardon in 1845 but thereafter the trail goes cold...
A typical layout for a convict ship did not exist. On the Neptune which was 200 tons heavier than most of the other ships, the cabins were 6 foot square and mean't to hold 6 prisoners on 18" wide bed...
Does anyone have any information on Thomas Crump transported to Tasmania in 1842 on the "Candahar", he married Lydia Johnson. I have traced my late husbands family back to them, and would like to kno...
John Benson was transported to Australia in 1833. He later married a Margaret Walsh from Ireland. I would love to know if she had been a convict too. There were a number of convicts with her name t...
I have broken THE ORIENTAL COAST OF PORT PHILLIP BAY into parts so that all of the pioneers mentioned can be included in the surnames list, which has a capacity far too small to include them all in on...
Somerset Heritage Centre Archives Documents Depositions and Witness Statements for Trial 23rd Mar 1840 - Wells, Somerset, England Transcribed by Veanne Treasure – 22 April 2012 (John TREASURE b. ...
Richard Palmer : Date of Arrival : February 14th 1792 Ship : Pitt1 Cant find when made free man?? Any suggestion or help thanks in advance.
Somerset Heritage Centre Archives Documents Depositions and Witness Statements for trial 9th Jul 1838 Wells, Somerset Transcribed by Veanne Treasure - 27 March 2012 (John TREASURE b. 1815 d. 189...
Does anyone know anything about Lydia Johnson, transported to Tasmania in 1844 on the "Tasmania"? I have traced my late husband's family back to Lydia Johnson and Thomas Crump "Candahar 1842". I...
CONVICT QUEENSLANDERS are people who arrived in Australia as convicts, then made their way to Queensland where they became a part of the colony's history. The following profiles of some of the conv...
born surrey 1814. transported to australia 1839. trial quarter session court surrey 3rd december 1838. Searching for parents
Hi, does anyone have any research on Edward Mott, transported to NSW on Countess of Harcourt on 8 September 1828. Died in Brisbane, Australia 1900
I have just found this site and was very excited to read all of the information enclosed. I am descended from Catherine Hancey and James Williams from son George Williams.I have found their grav...
I am looking for the family of John Brislane, who was a convict sent to Australia. He sailed on the convict ship the "Forth" from Cork and arrived in the colony in 1835. In 1856 he married Rosa...
My 3rd great grandmother Mary EVANS b1812 Clonmel, Waterford, Ireland, died 19 December 1870 Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. Archives of NSW - Convicts NSW and Van Diemans Land, microfiche 692 & ...
I am looking for ancestors of Maconald Smith born in 1799 at StAlbans, England. Transported to Australia. May have been born at Old Church St Pancras. Mother Sarah, father Thomas. Any info?? Jul...
Looking for inf about prison where L. C. Whitney was in prison in Quachita Co. in 1928
John arrived in Sydney via Hercules in 1832, aged 14. He had been convicted at the Old Bailey in London for stealing a handkerchief. In 1842 he married Mary Ann BAKER, a convict via Henry Wellesley...
Hello - I am hoping to obtain any information (especially a photograph) pertaining to Henry Tattersall who was born in Haslingden, Lancashire in c.1819 - 1821. He was sentenced to 14 years transporta...
A large, informative and fun site to use as a guide to researching your convict ancestors arrival in Australia CONVICTS TO AUSTRALIA has links to: • BOOKS & TERMS A Glossary of contemporary ...
Somerset Heritage Centre Archives Documents Depositions and Witness Statements for trial 28th March 1848 - Wells, Somerset, England Transcribed by Veanne Treasure – 22 April 2012 (Edward TREASURE...
Matthew John Gibbons, convict, arrived Colony NSW in 1790. Contact with any descendants
Researching Edward George Oldham, born abt 1804 Worcestershire, England. Transported to Tasmania Australia as a convict 1838.