Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Blowfield was transported on the Fairlie, departing 9th Mar 1852 and arriving 3rd Jul 1852 with 306 passengers.
Fairlie (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 360 |
| 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
James Blowfield was listed as 37 years old on arrival in VDL - his native place was Saxmendham. James was transported for "Desertion from the coldstream guards absent 16 mths". Prior Convictions: Desertion 3 times 30 days, 3 mths and 6 mths. James was 5'9¼" tall, fresh complexion, black hair and whiskers, blue eyes, literate. Married: Wife: Frances - no children listed. Brothers: George, Amos, John. Sisters: Matilda, Eliza - at native place. 1/10/1853: Permission to marry Sarah Ann Hill (Sir Robert Seppings). 8/11/1853: TOL 21/11/1853: Married Sarah Ann Hill, aged 27, he was 38, and a shoemaker. Married at St George's church, Hobart. Children: BLOWFIELD SARAH 1853 BLOWFIELD M 1855 BLOWFIELD JOHN WILLIAM JAMES 1856 BLOWFIELD F 1858 BLOWFIELD GEORGE ROWLAND HILL 1860 29/8/1854: CP 11/12/1856: Free Certificate, Hobart. 23/11/1867: Sarah Ann Blowfield died of Chronic Bronchitis at Macquarie Street, Hobart - Shoemakers wife. 9/1/1868: Married Sarah Annie Mason, aged 22 - James was 52, a Boot maker. Children: BLOWFIELD AMANDA MATILDA ALICE 1869 BLOWFIELD GRACE LUCY MAY 1871 BLOWFIELD MARY 1872 BLOWFIELD EDWIN THEODORE AUGUS 1874 BLOWFIELD VIOLET TEMPLAR 1875 BLOWFIELD FRANCES EDITH 1877 30/7/1880: James died at the New Town Pauper Establishment, aged 65, of 'Disease of the brain'. Listed as a Shoemaker. 25/11/1881: Sarah Annie Blowfield, aged 37, a widow - married George Homer, aged 50 a widower at her home in Bathurst Street, Hobart. Children: HOMER HAROLD ERNEST 1882 HOMER WILLIAM PERCY 1884
Convicted 1849