Convict name: Ruff, John.
sentence_details:
Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of 15 years on 24 March 1841.
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:
John Ruff, 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 Ruff, John.
Brookes, Thomas.
Convicted at Nottingham Town Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 20 October 1840.
Transported by Asia (12 April 1841.).
Evans, Thomas.
Convicted at Staffordshire Assizes for a term of 10 years on 24 March 1841. Died at hospital 4 February 1842.
Transported by Barossa (27 August 1841.).
Green, William.
Convicted at Lower Canada, Montreal Court Martial for a term of 14 years on 24 June 1840.
Transported by Asia (12 April 1841.).
Holland, Thomas.
Convicted at Leicester Borough Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 28 June 1841.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).
Knot, Thomas.
Convicted at Leicestershire Quarter Sessions for a term of life on 29 June 1840.
Transported by Layton (06 April 1841.).
Richardson, Robert.
Convicted at Durham Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 19 October 1840. [Sentenced to] 1 week imprisonment prior to 7 years transportation.
Transported by Lord Goderich (26 June 1841.).
Soole, Herbert.
Convicted at Yorkshire, North Riding Quarter Sessions for a term of 14 years on 19 October 1840.
Transported by David Clarke (03 June 1841.).
Thomas, George.
Convicted at Bath City Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 10 April 1841.
Transported by David Clarke (03 June 1841.).
Thomson, John.
Convicted at Edinburgh Court of Justiciary for a term of 10 years on 17 March 1841.
Transported by David Clarke (03 June 1841.).
White, John.
Convicted at Devonshire Assizes for a term of 10 years on 16 March 1840.
Transported by David Clarke (03 June 1841.).
Wicks, Maria.
Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 15 years on 04 January 1841.
Transported by Rajah (01 April 1841.).
Worley, William.
Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 10 years on 19 October 1840.
Transported by Somersetshire (30 November 1841.).
