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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Robert Bartlett was transported on the Barossa, departing 9th May 1844 and arriving 5th Sep 1844 with 322 passengers.
Barossa (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 101 (52). --0-- https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Transportation_Registers |
| 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
From the JERSEY ARCHIVE REGISTER (https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Transportation_Registers): “Details of many hundreds of those sent to UK prisons and their offences between 1844 and 1939 are contained in Royal Court Transportation Registers, now in storage at Jersey Archive. The title is perhaps a little confusing because transportation is generally understood to refer to those offenders sent to the Colonies - particularly Australia - to serve their sentences. It is clear that Jersey’s registers do not just cover those who ended up on the other side of the world, because according to the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1791 – 1868 held in the National Archives at Kew, only 69 prisoners were transported to Australia from Jersey. Of those 69 only three were women… Robert Bartlet 23 – robbing a church – February 1844 – 14 years – the master by whom he was employed for the last 18 months up to the time of his incarceration states that his conduct had been generally good with the exception of being addicted to drink – married, one child – reads well, writes imperfectly – stonemason – knows his duty towards god and man but neglects public worship, his bible, and has been led away by bad company." --00--
TRIAL: 13 February, 1844: Convicted at St Helier's and sentenced to 14 years' transportation for sacrilege -- he stole silver plates from St Clement's Church, Jersey (http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/ai03458) Note: St Clement's is the parish church of the parish of Saint Clement, in the south-east corner of the Channel Island of Jersey. It is one of the twelve "Ancient Parish Churches" of Jersey (https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18564/). --0--