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Convict name: Short, Alexander.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Northumberland, Boro of Newcastle upon Tyne Quarter Sessions for a term of 8 years on 03 January 1844. Exile.

vessel: Joseph Somes

date_of_departure: 02 June 1847.

place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land or Port Phillip.

source:
Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 187 (95)

title:
Alexander Short, one of 249 convicts transported on the Joseph Somes, 02 June 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.

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Green, Charles.

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Heald, John.

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Hughes, Thomas.

Convicted at Glamorgan, Neath Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 02 July 1844. Exile.
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Jones, Ann.

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Meigham, Owen.

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Transported by Joseph Somes (18 December 1845.).

Murphy, Mary.

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Transported by Cadet (04 September 1847.).

Rogers, Edward.

Convicted at Warwick, Birmingham Boro Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 12 June 1846. Exile.
Transported by Joseph Somes (02 June 1847.).

Sayles, George.

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Transported by Joseph Somes (18 December 1845.).

Williams, Arthur.

Convicted at Lancaster, Liverpool Boro' Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 17 March 1845.
Transported by Joseph Somes (18 December 1845.).

Woods, Henry.

Convicted at Essex, Chelmsford Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 06 January 1846. Exile.
Transported by Joseph Somes (02 June 1847.).

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