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Amelia Bishop

Summary

Born
Jan 1809
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
Oct 1831
Arrival
Mar 1832
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Amelia Bishop
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1809
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Housemaid
Aliases: Nicholson

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Hereford Assizes on 23 March 1831
Sentence term: Life

Voyage

Departed: 8th Oct 1831
Ship: Pyramus
Arrival: 5th Mar 1832
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Amelia Bishop was transported on the Pyramus, departing 8th Oct 1831 and arriving 5th Mar 1832 with 149 passengers.

PyramusPyramus (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 200
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 346
on 12th July 2022

Amelia Bishop, for assaulting and stealing from W. Palmer, at Ledbury, two sovereigns; ... Shrewsbury Chronicle, 1 april 1831. ---------------------------------------------------- Medical Journal of the Pyramus, convict ship, from 2 Sept 1831 to 156 Mar 1832, by James Rutherford, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the ship was employed in transporting female convicts to New South Wales. (Described at item level) ADM 101/62/4/1 1831-1832 Folios 1-4: copy of the sick list covering the period from 16 September 1831 to 16 March 1832. Folio 2: Amelia Bishop, aged 22, convict; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list 8 February 1832, discharged 13 February 1832 to her berth.

Tony Beale avatar
Level 116
on 25th January 2022

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Single protestant who could read from Herefordshire. 4' 9 1/4" fair ruddy and a little freckled complexion, sandy brown hair and hazel eyes. Allowed a C. P. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 7/9/1832 Amelia Bishop 22 Bond (life) per ship Pyramus to marry William Nicholson 29 free (7yrs) per ship Shipley (3) Rev Richard Hill Sydney NSW BDMs Marriages 1081/1832 V18321081 16 NICHOLSON WILLIAM BISHOP AMELIA CJ (Church of England Sydney, St James') Births NICHOLSON JANE884/1845 V1845884 30A WILLIAM AMELIA NICHOLSON MARY A698/1840 V1840698 25A WILLIAM AMELIA