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Transported to Australia - pre 1828
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Mick from the Bush | Report | 20 Jul 2008 01:31 |
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Mick from the Bush | Report | 20 Jul 2008 01:34 |
Although I am Australian, all my family are English- |
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MaryfromItaly | Report | 20 Jul 2008 02:32 |
If this is the right person, he was transported on the Fortune in 1813 and was given a conditional pardon in 1819: |
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Mick from the Bush | Report | 20 Jul 2008 02:37 |
Thanks for that Mary. |
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MaryfromItaly | Report | 20 Jul 2008 02:40 |
The Ancestry convict lists show that he was convicted at the Old Bailey in September 1812 and sentenced to transportation for life. |
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MaryfromItaly | Report | 20 Jul 2008 02:57 |
Found him now in the 1825 convict muster. |
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Mick from the Bush | Report | 20 Jul 2008 02:58 |
Fascinating stuff Mary, |
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MaryfromItaly | Report | 20 Jul 2008 03:00 |
Family History Online has one hit for him, listed under: |
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MaryfromItaly | Report | 20 Jul 2008 03:00 |
OK, that's the only James Strange on any of the convict records, so it doesn't sound as though your James was a convict. |
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Mick from the Bush | Report | 20 Jul 2008 03:05 |
Thanks for your help Mary |
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MaryfromItaly | Report | 20 Jul 2008 03:08 |
No sign of him on these two Ancestry lists: |
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MaryfromItaly | Report | 20 Jul 2008 03:15 |
Do you have a death cert that says how long he'd been in the colony? |
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Mick from the Bush | Report | 20 Jul 2008 04:40 |
No - he just disappears after the birth of his 4th child in 1795. (in Suffolk) |