Prisoners Transported From WA in the 1840s & 1850s
By Irma Walter, 2024. Western Australia was the last of the colonies to accept convicts from Britain, with the first…
Category: Convict Histories
Charles Wright (c1832 – 1905) (Reg. No. 6762)
By Irma Walter, 2024. Charles Wright was born c1832. His mother’s name was Mary Wright and they lived in the…
Richard McKew (McHugh) (c1836 – 1882) (Reg. No. 8939)
By Irma Walter, 2024. Richard McKew’s career of crime began at an early age. In 1848, Richard McKew, (14), and…
Eli Way (c1838-1926) (Convict Reg. No. 6178)
By Irma Walter, 2023. Eli Way was born at Northwood on the Isle of Wight, to parents William Way and…
Burglary at Finmere Farm – Joseph Buswell and Others
By Irma Walter, 2024. A break-in took place at Finmere, in the far north-east of Oxfordshire on the night of…
John Rowland Jones (1841-1895) (Reg. No. 9783)
By Irma Walter, 2023. John Rowland Jones was born on 22 April, 1841, at Llanbeblig, Caernarfonshire in Wales. His parents…
Henry Wildman (c1837- ?) (Convict Reg. No. 7579)
By Irma Walter, 2023. The invention of photography in the 19th century proved to be of value to police and…
Strange Happenings at Manchester – An unusual burglary attempt at Moss Side, 1854
By Irma Walter, 2023. A 19th century view of Manchester.[1] The city of Manchester is remembered today as the birthplace…
Dennis Carr (1835-1895) (Reg. No. 9112)
By Irma Walter, 2022. The crime of garrotting reached fever pitch in England in the 1860s. Small groups of two…
Thomas Futcher (c1826- 1977) (Convict Reg. No. 1271)
By Irma Walter, 2023. Records show that Thomas Futcher was born in 1826, but it appears likely that he was…