Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Henry Aldred was transported on the John, departing 3rd Aug 1833 and arriving 1st Dec 1833 with 261 passengers.
John 1st arrived in Sydney Cove on the 25th November 1827. 185 Male convicts. of which 7 were sent to the hospital, 3 Died. Surgeon Superintendent- Died on the voyage . John - 1836/1837 Voyage. Medical Journal was lost on the homeward passage by the shipwreck of the Ship "Medora' There is an index only.
John (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 201 (102) |
| 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 |
Claims
"Henry Aldridge and wife Margaret Agnew are related to me by marriage. I am a Violet Town historian."
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Convict Notes
Birth of son George: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26/RGD33-1-26-P285 Born 31 May 1845, male child, son of Henry Aldridge, a house servant, and Mary Aldridge, formerly Agnew. The child was later named George. The informant was the mother, Mary, resident in Campbelltown. The father’s occupation was House servant.
Tasmanian Records Conduct Record. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-2/CON31-1-2P104 See for details. Marriage Permissions. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON52-1-2/CON52-1-2P005 Henry Aldred, (No 606) per John 2, and Margaret Agnew, (No 112) , per Nautilus, Date of permission, 17 Nay 1844. Approved Marriage Registration: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-4/RGD37-1-4P129 Married 17 June 1844, at St Luke’s Campbelltown. Henry Aldred, aged 26, and Margaret Agnes, aged 26. Both signed with their mark, X. Witnesses were John and Mary Wilson.
Yorkshire Summer Assizes. JOHN HINCHCLIFFF, (19), and HENRY ALDRED (15), were charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house. of Mr. John Wheelhouse, of Leeds, shopkeeper, and stealing therefrom two sovereigns, four pounds in silver coin, ten pounds of sugar, a man's hat, and 10lbs. weight bacon, on the 17th of August last. ... Yorkshire Gazette, 8 Sept 1832. JOHN HINCHCLIFFE and HENRY ALDRED, two boys, were convicted on the evidence of their mothers, and on their own confession, of the shop of Benj. Wheelhouse of that town.—Judgment of death recorded against them. Halifax Express, 8 Sep 1832. Convicts.—On Saturday, the following Convicts left York Castle, to be delivered on board the Hulks at Chatham, to undergo their respective sentences of transportation :—Thomas Watson, Joseph Lister, William Bartrim, John Whittam, Thomas Walker, James Lindley, Joseph Tatham, Gideon Fearnley, John Ownas. James Macdonaught, William Lawson John Hinchliffe, Henry Aldred, John Boraugh, John Fawcett, and Henry Spurr, to be transported for life. Thomas Hallewell, and James Arrundale, each for the term seven years. Yorkshire Gazette, 8 Dec 1832.
Henry Aldred/Aldridge married 1844 in Tasmania to Margaret Agnew.They had 4 children and moved to live in Violet Town, Victoria Australia. He is buried in Violet Town Cemetery. [Read about Henry Aldridge in a book called "Violet Town or Honeysuckle in Australia Felix" 1836-1908 by Don Chambers]