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Convict name: Downes, Thomas.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Yorkshire, Wakefield Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 30 August 1848.

vessel: Aboukir

date_of_departure: 24 December 1851.

place_of_arrival:
Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island. [These convicts appear to have all landed in Van Diemen's Land].

source:
Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 318

title:
Thomas Downes, one of 280 convicts transported on the Aboukir, 24 December 1851.

publication_details:
Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project,[1948-1990]

original_version_note:
This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP).

topical_subject_heading: Convicts--Australia--Registers.

neographic_subject_heading: Australia--Genealogy.

: australia-genealogy

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Archibald, Marion.

Convicted at Scotland. Stirling Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 17 April 1851.
Transported by Anna Maria (04 October 1851.).

Bellamy, John.

Convicted at York. Sheffield Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 26 February 1849.
Transported by Minden (16 July 1851.).

Blanchfield, James.

Convicted at Court Martial Leeds for a term of 14 years on 10 June 1844. From Gibraltar.
Transported by Cornwall (28 February 1851.).

Cameron, Agnes.

Convicted at Scotland, Glasgow Court of Justiciary for a term of 10 years on 30 September 1850.
Transported by Aurora (22 April 1851.).

Davies, Thomas.

Convicted at Hereford. City of Hereford Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 28 December 1848.
Transported by Minden (16 July 1851.).

Dempsey, James.

Convicted at Scotland, Glasgow Court of Justiciary for a term of 10 years on 02 May 1848.
Transported by Lady Kennaway (30 January 1851.).

Dowd, Mary.

Convicted at Bristol. Bristol City Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 04 July 1851.
Transported by Anna Maria (04 October 1851.).

Eades, George.

Convicted at Worcestershire Worcester Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 16 October 1848. Ticket of Leave.
Transported by Pyrenees (14 March 1851.).

Edwin, John.

Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 7 years on 21September 1846. From Gibraltar.
Transported by Cornwall (28 February 1851.).

Fisk, James.

Convicted at Warwick. Coventry Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 03 January 1849.
Transported by Minden (16 July 1851.).

Fraser, George.

Convicted at Scotland, Glasgow Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 22 September 1848.
Transported by Lady Kennaway (30 January 1851.).

Hall, Edmund.

Convicted at Bristol. City and County of Bristol Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 24 October 1848.
Transported by Minden (16 July 1851.).

Hall, Thomas.

Convicted at Worcester. Worcester Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 27 February 1849. [Sentence] to be computed from 13 March 1849.
Transported by Minden (16 July 1851.).

Jones, Mary Ann.

Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 7 years on 03 March 1851.
Transported by Aurora (22 April 1851.).

McWilliams, Joseph.

Convicted at Scotland Perth Court of Justiciary for a term of 10 years on 26 September 1850.
Transported by Marion (30 October 1851.).

Tressler, Thomas.

Convicted at Northamptonshire, Northampton Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 05 January 1848.
Transported by Aboukir (24 December 1851.).

Tunstall, Giles.

Convicted at Essex Assizes at Chelmsford for a term of life on 17 July 1843. Ticket of Leave.
Transported by Pyrenees (14 March 1851.).

Turnbull, John.

Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 7 years on 09 April 1849.
Transported by Marion (30 October 1851.).

Upperton, Robert.

Convicted at Sussex, Horsham Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 29 June 1848.
Transported by Rodney (19 September 1851. [140 of these convicts previously had been trans-shipped to Gibraltar where they subsequently embarked].).

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