Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Samuel Beard was transported on the Lady Ridley, departing 4th Jan 1821 and arriving 27th Jun 1821 with 138 passengers.
Lady Ridley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 2 |
| 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
Samuel Beard was 24 years old on arrival in VDL and was transported for ‘Stealing black cloth’. Samuel was 5’6” tall, brown hair, grey eyes, freckled, married – wife and 1 child at Painswick, Gloucestershire. 7/9/1824: Absent from his lodgings after hours. 10/3/1825: Absent from church muster. 24/6/1825: Suspected of stealing a hat – to be sent to Maria Island. 13/5/1828: Married Rebecca Babington (daughter of Edward Babington (Phoenix 1824). They had 8 children. 11/1/1832: Retailing ginger beer without a licence – dismissed, no evidence. 18/10/1871: Samuel died at Hobart aged 74. 4/11/1871 The Mercury, Hobart: BEARD. —On the 18th October, 1871, at his residence 183, Macquarie-street, Mr. G. Samuel Beard, aged 74 years, after a long illness.
Samuel Beard was 24 years old on arrival in VDL and was transported for ‘Stealing black cloth’. Samuel was 5’6” tall, brown hair, grey eyes, freckled, married – wife and 1 child at Painswick, Gloucestershire. 7/9/1824: Absent from his lodgings after hours. 10/3/1825: Absent from church muster. 24/6/1825: Suspected of stealing a hat – to be sent to Maria Island. 13/5/1828: Married Rebecca Babington (daughter of Edward Babington (Phoenix 1824). They had 8 children. 11/1/1832: Retailing ginger beer without a licence – dismissed, no evidence. 18/10/1871: Samuel died at Hobart aged 74. 4/11/1871 The Mercury, Hobart: BEARD. —On the 18th October, 1871, at his residence 183, Macquarie-street, Mr. G. Samuel Beard, aged 74 years, after a long illness.