Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
George Allen was transported on the Fairlie, departing 14th Oct 1833 and arriving 15th Feb 1834 with 376 passengers.
Fairlie (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 233 (118) |
| 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
Cassandra Fox on 4th September, 2021 wrote: Bristol Mercury 13 Apr 1833 p 3. Bristol Quarter Sessions. ... Tuesday. ... George Allen 19 and John Chard 18 for entering the bar of the Cross Keys, Temple St in the night time and stealing several gallons of spirits &c. Former convictions against both. Fourteen years transportation. ... -------------------------------------------------- True Sun 2 May 1833 p 3. Escape of Convicts. The following was yesterday received at the police offices, as a description of the convicts who made their escape from Bristol gaol on Friday last, having seized and ill treated the turnkeys who unlocked the cells and holding kneves to their throats compelled them to deliver up their keys, viz: James Briggs 29 well known as a reputed thief in London, John Charles Thompson 28 a London thief and returned transport, William Simpson alias Tick, 28, a native of Bristol who has also been transported before, John Fitzgerald 17, an Irishman, late of Marsh St Bristol labourer, John Chard 18 of Bristol a tailor, George Jolliffe 20 of Bristol a blacksmith, James Green 20 a cutler at Bristol, George Allen 19 of Bristol a labourer, James Howard 40 of Somerset a labourer and Charles Haines alias Williams 27 of Somerset. The last mentioned was in prison committed for trial and wore his own clothes, but all the others were under sentence of transportation and escaped in the convict dress.