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Transportation
Thomas Battersby was transported on the Kinnear, departing 10th Jul 1842 and arriving 23rd Oct 1842 with 174 passengers.
Built 1834 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 369 Tons. (Register of persons transported is not yet completed - currently being listed.) 1842 Voyage. OCT. 23. - Arrived the barque Kinnear, Lidderdale master, from Dublin 10th July, with 180 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent - G. J. Fox, Esq. The guard consists of Captain Bull (with Mrs. Bull, 4 children, and 1 female servant), and 30 rank and file of the 99th Regt., - 4 women, and 6 children. Colonial Times (Hobart) 25 Oct 1842.
Kinnear (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Kinnear Indent: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-17$init=CON14-1-17P4 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-17$init=CON14-1-17P5 6661. Thomas Battersby, Tried at Antrim, 6 April 1842, 7 years, age 21, height 5ft 3 ½, protestant, can read, single. Offence: Housebreaking and stealing a pair of blankets. (p Mrs Agnew, caught in the fact & whilst in custody.) Once for illegally pawning a jacket 3 months- twice for drunkenness- fined 5/- each time. Surgeon’s Report: Good. Trade, Ladies shoemaker. Native place, Drumose near Belfast. Remarks: M, Eliza at Belfast; 2 B, Richard, James – 4 S, Mary, Jane, Fanny, Eliza all at Belfast. Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-28$init=CON33-1-28p3 Departures : Thomas Battersby, arrived in colony per Kinnear, free by servitude, departed from Launceston per Swan, bound for Port Phillip, 27 August 1849.