William Holmes (c1830 – 1888?) (Reg. No. 4561)
By Irma Walter, 2020. William Holmes, a soldier aged 28, was convicted of desertion on 18 February 1856 at the…
Category: Convict Histories
William Hall (c1835 – ?) (Reg. No. 3796)
By Irma Walter, 2020. William Hall was born at Nottingham St Mary, to John Hall and his wife Ann. The…
Thomas Clegg (1823 – ?) (Reg. No. 1606)
By Irma Walter, 2020. On 6 March 1851 Thomas Clegg was convicted at Wakefield in Yorkshire, of larceny. Due to…
Samuel Stanley (c1830 – 1855) (Reg. No. 1075)
By Irma Walter, 2020 Samuel Stanley, aged 22, labourer, single, was received from Millbank Prison on 2 February 1852 and…
Samuel Farrant (1830 – 1921) (Reg. No. 1458)
By Irma Walter, 2020. Samuel Farrant was born at Haverhill in Suffolk to parents James & Susannah on 19 May…
George Butler (c1827 – ? ) (Reg. Nos. 90 and 4612)
By Irma Walter, 2019. George Butler’s story is unusual due to the fact that he was twice transported to Western…
Solomon Burkett (Birkett) (c1804 – 1868) (Reg. No. 19)
By Irma Walter 2020 Solomon Burkett (aged 41) and Samuel Brakes (31) were convicted of burglary at Peterborough, Northampton Quarter…
Hyam Lipschitz (c1818 – 1892) (Reg. No. 2658)
By Irma Walter, 2020. Hyam Israel Lipschitz[1] was a Polish Jew living in London when he conspired to defraud the…
William Lambert (1802 – ?) (Reg. No. 1336)
By Irma Walter, 2020. It has proved difficult to find details of William Lambert’s origins and his subsequent life served…
John Goodenough, aliases Williams & Smith (1829 – 1867) (Reg. Nos. as Williams, 4302, and as Smith, 8998)
By Irma Walter, 2020. One of the more notorious convicts sent to Western Australia was John Goodenough, who first arrived…