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James Balaam

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Summary

Born
Jan 1802
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
Apr 1852
Arrival
Jul 1852
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: James Balaam
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1802
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: Balan

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Suffolk. Ipswich Quarter Sessions
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 16th Apr 1852
Ship: Pestonjee Bomanjee
Arrival: 31st Jul 1852
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

James Balaam was transported on the Pestonjee Bomanjee, departing 16th Apr 1852 and arriving 31st Jul 1852 with 292 passengers.

Built 1835 at Dumbarton, Scotland. Wood barque of 595 Tons.

Pestonjee BomanjeePestonjee Bomanjee (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 417 (211)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

malpittock avatar
4
on 8th August 2024

This James BALAAM is the same James BALAAM as the one that had been due to sail on “Nile”, 27th June 1850, here; https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/balaam/james/13654 His conviction date, 30th June 1848, is seen on both Ancestry sources. Nile, 1850; https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/121976:1180 Pestonjee Bomanjee, 1852; https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/75492:1180 The difference is that in the image of the 1850 “Nile” voyage, James BALAAM is crossed through and marked "withdrawn". James not reaching Tasmania until 1852 is further evidenced by his June 1850 Prison record showing him in "Hospital" and Sept 1850 Prison entry showing "11th July to Defence" (presumably the Alverstoke Defence Invalid Convict Depot) - After the “Nile” has sailed. He then appears as "J.B of Polstead" in Alverstoke for the 1851 UK Census at the Defence Invalid Convict Depot. see MZ1B-FLW on Family Search. his wife was also transported, see MD3X-F9W.

Dianne Jones avatar
218
on 22nd June 2022

VOYAGE: From ADM 101/59/4 - Medical journal of the Pestonjee Bomanjee, HM convict ship, for 1 April to 6 August 1852 by Daniel Ritchie, Surgeon (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10536031): Folio 3: James Balan, aged 46, labourer; disease or hurt, catarrhus. Put on sick list 19 July 1852. Discharged 21 July 1852.

stsearcher avatar
40
on 1st June 2018

TL granted 8 September 1853 Conditional Pardon granted 29 July 1854