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Harvey History Online

Formerly Harvey Districts Oral History Group

Category: Convict Histories

William Holmes (c1830 – 1888?) (Reg. No. 4561)

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021Admin

By Irma Walter, 2020. William Holmes, a soldier aged 28, was convicted of desertion on 18 February 1856 at the…

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William Hall (c1835 – ?) (Reg. No. 3796)

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021Admin

By Irma Walter, 2020. William Hall was born at Nottingham St Mary, to John Hall and his wife Ann. The…

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Thomas Clegg (1823 – ?) (Reg. No. 1606)

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021Admin

By Irma Walter, 2020. On 6 March 1851 Thomas Clegg was convicted at Wakefield in Yorkshire, of larceny. Due to…

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Samuel Stanley (c1830 – 1855) (Reg. No. 1075)

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021Admin

By Irma Walter, 2020 Samuel Stanley, aged 22, labourer, single, was received from Millbank Prison on 2 February 1852 and…

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Samuel Farrant (1830 – 1921) (Reg. No. 1458)

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021Admin

By Irma Walter, 2020. Samuel Farrant was born at Haverhill in Suffolk to parents James & Susannah on 19 May…

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George Butler (c1827 – ? ) (Reg. Nos. 90 and 4612)

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021Admin

By Irma Walter, 2019. George Butler’s story is unusual due to the fact that he was twice transported to Western…

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Solomon Burkett (Birkett) (c1804 – 1868) (Reg. No. 19)

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021Admin

By Irma Walter 2020 Solomon Burkett (aged 41) and Samuel Brakes (31) were convicted of burglary at Peterborough, Northampton Quarter…

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Hyam Lipschitz (c1818 – 1892) (Reg. No. 2658)

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020Admin

By Irma Walter, 2020. Hyam Israel Lipschitz[1] was a Polish Jew living in London when he conspired to defraud the…

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William Lambert (1802 – ?) (Reg. No. 1336)

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020Admin

By Irma Walter, 2020. It has proved difficult to find details of William Lambert’s origins and his subsequent life served…

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John Goodenough, aliases Williams & Smith (1829 – 1867) (Reg. Nos. as Williams, 4302, and as Smith, 8998)

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020Admin

By Irma Walter, 2020. One of the more notorious convicts sent to Western Australia was John Goodenough, who first arrived…

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