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Voyage
Transportation
James Berrow was transported on the Triton, departing 4th Aug 1842 and arriving 19th Dec 1842 with 257 passengers.
Triton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 157 (80) |
| 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
DEATH: 9 June, 1846: James Berrow per Agincourt died on NMaria Island, "in the quarry" (Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Register; Registers of convict deaths, 1845-1874). ā0ā
Tasmanian Conduct Indent https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-15$init=CON14-1-15p189 https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-15$init=CON14-1-15p190 His convict number was 7941. His native place was Much Marcle, Herefordshire. His wife was Lucy, his father James, and his mother Mary, all at his native place.
James Berrow's Tasmanian Conduct record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-33$init=CON33-1-33p20 States he was aged 23 on conviction, and was married. His trade - a stone mason, and also a bricklayer.
Robert Baker and James Berrow, charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwellinghouse of Joseph Jones, at the parish of Much Marcle, and stealing a side of bacon and other articles. Hereford Journal, 24 March 1841 Robert Baker and James Berrow were convicted of breaking into the house of Christopher Jones at Marcle, and were each sentenced to transportation for life. Hereford Journal, 31 March 1841
England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 Class: HO 27; Piece: 63; Page: 348 (held on Ancestry) record the "conviction for burglary simple" at the Hereford Assizes. Full account of the trial and the nature of the crime is given in the Herefordshire Times 3 April 1841.
I am a descendant of James Berrow
James was transported for stealing bacon and a piece of bread. He was sent to Maria Island where he received one month hard labourer in chains for not reporting someone absent from his mess as ordered to do. Two months hard labourer in chains for doing work he was not asked to do. He died at Maria Island 9\6\1846.