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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Beasley was transported on the Andromeda, departing 16th Oct 1826 and arriving 23rd Feb 1827 with 147 passengers.
Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.
Andromeda (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 103 (53). Tasmanian Archives - convict records |
| 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
Place of origin: Ilkeston, Derbyshire TRIAL; 19 July 1826 No; 938 Aged; 24 years old, Farm Labourer & Ploughman
VDL: Assignment of work services. Received lashes on more than one occasion for neglect of duty. 1837: Ticket of Leave granted. (ref. Hobart Town courier 1 Sept 1837) 6 Jan 1841: Conditional Pardon approved. 7 July 1846: Conditional Pardon extended. (note: There were several other persons in the Colony at the time, named John Beasley.)
John BEASLEY was convicted at Leicester, England 19 July 1826 for stealing a cow. Life sentence. Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the 'Andromeda' arriving Feb 1827.