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Emanuel Ackroyd

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Summary

Emanuel Ackroyd, one of 200 convicts transported on the China, 03 January 1846

Born

Jan 1817

Conviction Desertion

Departure Jan 1846

Arrival

May 1846

Death

Unknown

Personal Information

Name: Emanuel Ackroyd

Aliases:

Gender: Male

Born: 1st Jan 1817

Death: Unknown

Age: Unknown

Occupation: Soldier/labourer

Crime

Crime: Desertion

Convicted at: Devonport Court Martial

Sentence term: 99

Voyage

Departed: 3rd Jan 1846

Ship: China

Arrival: 16th May 1846

Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island

Transportation

Ship: China

Departed: 3rd Jan, 1846

Arrived: 16th May, 1846

Passengers: 200

Built 1837 at Hull. Wood ship of 524 Tons.

References

Primary Source	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 12. Tasmanian Archives - convicts http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-87,210,10,L,80. Convict ships to Australia - members.iinet.net.au
Source Description	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 Pro
Original Source	Great Britain. Home Office
Compiled By	State Library of Queensland
Database Source	British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Contributed by Mary Marshall on 28th August 2013

I want to correct your info about the China, but I can't see how to submit it apart from adding to a convict's record. I have read the Ship's Surgeon's report ADM 101/17/2 at the National Archives in Kew. The ship sailed only to Norfolk Island, not Van Diemen's Land. She reached N.I. on 16 May 1846.

Contributed by Carol Axton-Thompson on 28th August 2013

The ship 'China' did indeed sail to Norfolk Island, arriving 16/5/1846 (departing Woolwich 7/1/1846).200 passengers, 199 disembarked at N.I. Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) had records (& administration?) of these convicts. He had been convicted of striking his Colonel of the 55th Regiment & desertion. Emanuel Ackroyd left Norfolk Island and went to Van Diemen's Land (per the 'Pestongee Bomangee'), arriving there May 1847. Details recorded on arrival VDL: single man; aged 29yrs; soldier/labourer; Roman Catholic; 6'1 3/4"; sallow complexion; light brown hair; Hazel eyes. Native Place: nr Halifax. The above link to Tas Archives gives details of his Conduct Record. Ticket of Leave 21/08/1855 Conditional Pardon 01/12/1857 (P.S. There is also a city of Devonport in north west Tasmania.) (For Facebook users, use the 'Community' tag on this website which allows comments and chat.)

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Revisions

Contributor	Date	Changes
Pete@Clyde	21st Mar 2024	date_of_birth
Anonymous	12th May 2011	none
Carol Axton-Thompson	12th May 2011	source, gender, occupation, crime