Convict name: Messer, Thomas.
name_alias_1: Mercer, Thomas (Alias)
sentence_details:
Convicted at Sussex, Lewes Quarter Sessions for a term of life on 16 September 1840.
vessel: Tortoise
date_of_departure: 28 September 1841.
place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land.
source:
Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 392
title:
Thomas Messer, one of 400 convicts transported on the Tortoise, 28 September 1841.
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
Connected with Messer, Thomas.
Alcock, Thomas.
Convicted at Staffordshire General Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 20 October 1840.
Transported by Barossa (27 August 1841.).
Bradley, John.
Convicted at Liverpool Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 04 January 1841.
Transported by Layton (06 April 1841.).
Conolly, Patrick.
Convicted at Yorkshire, West Riding Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 05 January 1841.
Transported by Lord Goderich (26 June 1841.).
Cope, William.
Convicted at Derbyshire Quarter Sessions for a term of 15 years on 30 June 1840.
Transported by Asia (12 April 1841.).
Jones, John.
Convicted at Gloucestershire Assizes for a term of 15 years on 15 August 1840.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).
Mason, Patrick.
Convicted at New Brunswick, Fredericton Court Martial for a term of 14 years on 25 June 1840.
Transported by Asia (12 April 1841.).
Oliver, David.
Convicted at Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 02 July 1840.
Transported by David Clarke (03 June 1841.).
Pitman, Silas.
Convicted at Somersetshire Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 08 July 1839. Died 24 June 1842.
Transported by David Clarke (03 June 1841.).
Runciman, John.
Convicted at Edinburgh for a term of 10 years on 22 February 1841.
Transported by Barossa (27 August 1841.).
Washington, William.
Convicted at Gloucester City Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 11 January 1841.
Transported by Lord Goderich (26 June 1841.).
Wever, R.
Convicted at Lancaster, Liverpool Borough Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 10 May 1841.
Transported by John Brewer (01 December 1841.).
