Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Blaber was transported on the Charles Kerr, departing 6th Jun 1837 and arriving 9th Oct 1837 with 250 passengers.
The Charles Kerr was built in Sunderland in 1826, 463 tons. The ship 'Charles Kerr' was also commissioned as an immigrant transport to bring mainly female persons to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1835 - these women were NOT convicts.
Charles KerrReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 76 |
| 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 |
Claims
"James is my 4 x Great Grandfather, arrested alongside my other 4 x Great Grandfather, John Trigwell. Linked by the marriage of their children Leonard Trigwell and Charlotte Blaber. They had however being arrested together before for rioting and sentenced in 1835. James has a lengthy criminal record and served a previous sentence for 5 years onboard the Leviathan in Portsmouth Harbour."
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Convict Notes
Epiphany Sessions at Lewes. John Trigwell, (39) charged with stealing at Ringmer, 10 fowls and a tame rabbit, the property of Joseph Budgen.— Mr. Darby appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Cobbett for the prisoner. Joseph Budgen deposed that he missed some fowls and a rabbit the 2d November. A man named Blaber was tried and convicted on a former occasion for for participating in the offence, but Tri .... Sussex Advertiser, 27 Feb 1837. John Trigwell, for stealing at Ringmer, 2d November last, five hen fowls, five chickens, and one tame rabbit, the property of Joseph Budgen. Mr Darby conducted the prosecution. Cobbett addressed the Jury for the prisoner—Verdict, Guilty— Transported for seven years. Brighton Gazette, 2 March 1837. Trigwell appears to have had an earlier conviction: Rioters. James Blaber, 52, John Trigwell, 29, William Oliver, 38, and Joseph Ford, 27, labourers, were charged with unlawfully and tumultuously assembling, with divers other persons, at Ringmer, to oppose and obstruct Thomas Ancock Bull, relieving officer of the Chailey Union, in the execution of his duty. This case having already appeared considerable length in a former number, it is unnecessary here to repeat the evidence. The prisoners severally pleaded guilty. Mr. Bull the relieving officer of the Chailey Union having .. Sussex Advertiser, 6 July 1835. The prisoners pleaded guilty, and were sentenced as,, follows : Blaber, TrIgweil , and Olliver, to be imprisoned eight calendar month and kept to hard labour; Ford was for the term of six months and each to enter into his own recognizances of 20£ to keep the peace the twelve months. Hampshire Telegraph, 6 July 1835. See entry for James Blaber, per Susan. it appears that James's Blaber's daughter, Charlotte, had married John Trigwells's son, Leonard.
James was arrested with his daughter's father-in-law, John Trigwell, and not for the first time. James had already been arrested multiple times. This time, on 30 November 1836 he was convicted at Lewes for larceny and sentenced to life. The crime was stealing ten chickens. John Trigwell, was found guilty too and sentenced to 7 years and sent to Daiman's Land. Neither man returned to their families in England.