Convict name: Preston, Robert.
sentence_details:
Convicted at Cumberland, Carlisle Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 31 December 1844. Exile.
vessel: Thomas Arbuthnot
date_of_departure: 06 January 1847.
place_of_arrival:
Van Diemen's Land [convicts disembarked at Port Phillip, not Van Diemen's Land].
source:
Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 143 (73)
title:
Robert Preston, one of 289 convicts transported on the Thomas Arbuthnot, 06 January 1847.
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 Preston, Robert.
Burns, William.
Convicted at Lancaster, Liverpool Boro Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 16 March 1846. Exile.
Transported by Joseph Somes (02 June 1847.).
Cattanach, Margaret.
Convicted at Scotland. Edinburgh Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 23 December 1846.
Transported by Asia (09 March 1847.).
Donald, Janet.
Convicted at Scotland, Glasgow Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 27 April 1847.
Transported by Cadet (04 September 1847.).
Hunter, Matthew.
Convicted at Devon Assizes for a term of 10 years on 16 March 1844. Exile.
Transported by Joseph Somes (02 June 1847.).
Jarvis, John.
Convicted at Suffolk, Ipswich Boro Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 04 January 1845. Exile.
Transported by Thomas Arbuthnot (06 January 1847.).
Keys, John.
Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 7 years on 07 July 1845. Exile.
Transported by Joseph Somes (02 June 1847.).
Mitchell, George.
Convicted at Scotland, Edinburgh Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 14 July 1845. Exile.
Transported by Thomas Arbuthnot (06 January 1847.).
Nelson, John.
Convicted at Gloucester, Gloucester Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 02 July 1844. Exile.
Transported by Joseph Somes (02 June 1847.).
Peachey, George.
Convicted at Wilts, Warminster Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 01 July 1845. Exile.
Transported by Joseph Somes (02 June 1847.).
Sims, Betty.
Convicted at Lancaster. Bolton Boro Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 29 December1846.
Transported by Asia (09 March 1847.).
Toy, Mary Ann.
Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 15 years on 21 September 1846.
Transported by Cadet (04 September 1847.).
