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Joseph Blackham was transported on the Isabella, departing 15th Jan 1842 and arriving 19th May 1842 with 270 passengers.
The Isabella was built in London in 1818. She was owned by William Wiseman, Patrick Chalmers and James Wallace. The Isabella transported convicts to Australia in 1818 (NSW), 1822 (NSW), 1823 (NSW), 1832 (NSW), 1833 (VDL) and 1842 (VDL).
Isabella (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 10 |
| 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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1863 - Queen's Orphan School. Application for admission FATHER; Joseph Blackham - DEAD MOTHER; Jane Williams - In goal CHILDREN; Blackham, Emma - Aged 7 years old Remarks; Emma had been kept by Charles Farrell, the applicant, unable to continue to take care of the little girl Orphan Number: 351 Orphan: Emma BLACKHAM Mother: WILLIAMS, Jane Father: BLACKHAM, Joseph Mother's ship: Elizabeth & Henry Age when admitted: 7yrs Date admitted: Jul 1863 Date discharged: 3 Aug 1870, 16 Jun 1873 Institution(s): Queens Orphan School Discharged to: William Cuthbert, Hobart, William Yule, Richmond Remarks: father dead, mother a prisoner at Launceston References: SWD26/6, 27, 32/1, 53, HAP1871/63
Henry Shirley. Richard Mincher, William Walker, and Josh. Blackham, charged with breaking and entering the of Thomas Storer, at the parish of Penkridge, and stealing there-from a quantity of wearing apparel and other articles. Staffordshire Advertiser, 14 Aug 1841. BURGLARY NEAR Strarvonn.—Yesterday morning week, about three men entered the house of Mr.Storer, at Gailing aley Lee, and stole from thence a large quantity of wearing apparel, and about seven o'clock four ill-looking fellows the side of were observed by a person at a distance loitering by the canal near Bloxwich Flour Mill, a mile from Walsall, having three bundles, the contents of which they seemed preparing divide amongst them; Foxall, police officer, at Bloxwich, was apprised of the circumstance, and directly followed them on horseback to Walsall, where he overtook them in Able- well- Street. On seeing Foxall, the men threw down the bundles, and endeavoured to escape, but they were secured and they were lodged in Walsall gaol soon after eight o'clock. Their names—Richard Mincher, of Kinver; Henry Shirley, from Penkridge; William Walker, and Joseph Blackham, brickmaker, from Wolverhampton—the two latter well known in the police and sessions courts. The prisoners have been committed for trial. They are young men, from twenty to twenty-five years of age. Staffordshire Advertiser, 14 Aug 1841.