Convict name: Shires, Abraham.
sentence_details:
Convicted at Yorkshire, Knaresboro Quarter Sessions for a term of 14 years on 17 October 1843.
vessel: Equestrian
date_of_departure: 25 January 1844.
place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land.
source:
Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 15 (9)
title:
Abraham Shires, one of 290 convicts transported on the Equestrian, 25 January 1844.
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 Shires, Abraham.
Aldridge, William.
Convicted at Bristol Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 16 July 1844.
Transported by Sir Robert Peel (06 September 1844.).
Baines, Mary.
Convicted at Leicester Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 02 January 1843.
Transported by Angelina (25 April 1844.).
Cory, William.
Convicted at Cornwall, Bodmin Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 17 October 1843.
Transported by Equestrian (25 January 1844.).
Harrison, Samuel.
Convicted at Somerset Assizes for a term of 15 years on 30 March 1844.
Transported by Barossa (09 May 1844.).
Hickman, Daniel.
Convicted at Stafford Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 07 March 1844.
Transported by Barossa (09 May 1844.).
Higgins, Thomas.
Convicted at Somerset Assizes for a term of 10 years on 13 March 1843. Ticket of Leave Passport.
Transported by Sir George Seymour (04 November 1844.).
Joinson, Joseph.
Convicted at Corfu Court Martial for a term of 7 years on 31 July 1843.
Transported by William Jardine (10 August 1844.).
Lewcey, Daniel.
Convicted at Canada, London Court Martial for a term of 14 years on 29 May 1843.
Transported by London (15 March 1844.).
Meeley, John.
Convicted at Southampton Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 03 July 1843. Ticket of Leave.
Transported by Sir George Seymour (04 November 1844.).
Nicholls, Joseph.
Convicted at Salop Special Assizes for a term of 10 years on 21 December 1843.
Transported by London (15 March 1844.).
Taylor, Robert Weston.
Convicted at Leicester, Leicester Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 02 January 1849.
Transported by Equestrian (27 August 1852.).
