Summary
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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Anthony Blackster was transported on the Royal Charlotte, departing 18th Nov 1824 and arriving 29th Apr 1825 with 137 passengers.
Royal Charlotte (generic)References
| Primary Source | UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/4. State Records NSW, Butts of COF, Series No. NRS 12210, Archive Roll 987. NSW BDM. Trove. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 224 |
| 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
NSW BMD. Birth Reg: 2249/1848 Elizabeth Baxter, daughter of Anthony and Julia, LG district. (Roman Catholic. Bathurst; Kelso; St Michael’s, Co Bathurst)
Daughter Elizabeth born 1848 Goulburn, she married to a James Waterstone, both him and her daughter died. She then married George James Cowden Daughter Marian born 1846 Goulburn
Prison hulk ship Justitia moored at Woolwich, Received 27 July 1824 Aged 23 Offence: Bread & destroy Tress & Plants Transported 15 November 1824 Certificate of Freedom No. 31/970 dated 13 September 1831 Native Place: Lynn, Norfolk Trade: Gardener Offence: Theft Trial 19 July 1824 Year of Birth 1802
The above news article is in The Goulburn Herald & Chronicle, Saturday 16 July 1864, page 3, Flood Relief Meeting Also mentioned in The Goulburn Herald & Chronicle, Wednesday 13 July 1864, page 2, Local & Provincial: states inquest held today. NSW BDM 3777/1864, aged 75 years, died Goulburn 11 July 1864, named Antony Baxter
On Wednesday Dr. Waugh held an inquest on the body of Anthony Baxter, an old man seventy-seven, who died rather suddenly two miles beyond Dixon's Meadow on Monday last. Verdict—died from natural causes. Death is registered as Pejar, NSW
31/7/1824 Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser London, England: At Lynn Quarter Sessions, Anthony Blackster was sentenced to be transported for seven years for maliciously destroying two vines in the hot-house, and several shrubs in the garden, of Edward Elsden, Esq. of that place, on the night of Wednesday the 7th inst. The vines had been trained with the utmost care, and were loaded with the choicest fruit ; but the prisoner had broken and destroyed them so effectually as to prevent the possibility of their ever being restored. 13/9/1831: COF 1837: Living at Northwood, near Goulburn.