Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Alexander Barr was transported on the Aurora, departing 18th Jun 1835 and arriving 27th Oct 1835 with 300 passengers.
Aurora (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 100 |
| 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
30/4/1834 National Archives Scotland: Trial papers relating to John Melrose, James Lockhart, Alexander Barr for the crime of theft by housebreaking and opening lockfast places. Tried at High Court, Glasgow. Alexander Barr, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty in terms of own confession, Sentence: Transportation - 7 years Previous convictions: theft. Note: Tried with James Lockhart and John Melrose. John Melrose, Verdict: Outlawed, Verdict Comments: Outlaw and fugitive, Sentence: Outlawed and put to the horn. Note: Later tried on 19 Sep 1834 (see JC13/74, f.113v and JC26/1834/346). James Lockhart, Verdict: Outlawed, Verdict Comments: Outlaw and fugitive, Sentence: Outlawed and put to the horn Previous convictions: theft. Note: Later tried on 19 Sep 1834 (see JC13/74, f.113v and JC26/1834/346). John Melrose was transported to NSW per Marquis of Huntley 1835 and James Lockhart to NSW John Barry 1835. Alexander Barr was 41 years old on arrival in VDL. He was 5’10 ½” tall, grey eyes, brown hair, reads, writes a little, long scar on right cheek joining upper lip near nose, stout made. He was the son of Robert Barr and Rebecca Aitken and was born C1792. Married with 8 children, wife Sarah at np Llanark; Father: Robert a shoemaker np.; 2 b. james, robert; 2 s. janet, ann; 1 np. all in Scotland 12/3/1840: TOL 1841: Free Certificate. 1846: Married Marion Lorimor (Emma Eugenia). They had a son James Barr born 1846 who married Margaret Emma Leonard on 27 March 1873 and had 8 children. Their first son died aged one after pulling a pot of boiling water or cooking material over himself. Alexander died in the Hobart General Hospital on the 6th March 1872 in his eighties and was buried as a pauper in Hobart's historic Cornelian Bay Cemetery.