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Janet Adams was transported on the Sir Robert Seppings, departing 17th Mar 1852 and arriving 7th Aug 1852 with 222 passengers.
628 ton ship built in 1844 at Mawlamyine, formerly Moulmein, Burma in 1844 and traded between India and London. Named after Sir Robert Seppings, a naval architect (1767-1840), who was Surveyor of the Navy from 1813 to 1835. On this voyage the Master was Richard S Stuart and the Mate was Thomas J Clark. The Surgeon was Lennox T Cunningham. For further information, see Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Robert_Seppings_(ship).
Sir Robert Seppings (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 391 (198) |
| 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
FATAL ACCIDENT AT GLENORCHY. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Hop Pole Inn, Glenorchy. touching the death of a woman named Janet Wigmore, whose body was found in a mutilated condition on the Main Line Railway, Glenorchy, on Sunday morning last. William Wigmore deposed that he was a labourer residing at Glenorchy, and the deceased was his wife. Witness last saw her alive at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, when she was at Mr. R. Shoebridge's, where they resided This concluded the inquiry, and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. FATAL ACCIDENT AT [?]. (1877, November 13). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)
Name: Adams, Janet Record Type: Marriage Permissions Ship/free: Sir Robert Seppings Marriage to: Wigmore, William Ship/free: free Permission date: 12 Apr 1854 Index number: 81279 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1241865 Tasmanian Library
Marriage 25/4/1854 Kent Peter Wellington per "David Lyons" to Janet Adams per "S. R. Seppings" CON 52/1/7 Page 236
Single, Age 35, Housemaid, native place: Dundee 17/5/1853 Absent without leave and returning drunk - 3 months hard labour 7/3/1854 Marriage with Peter Wellington ToL 30/12/1856 Cond. Pardon: 20/4/1858