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Crime
Transportation
James Boyd was transported on the Canada, departing 23rd Apr 1819 and arriving 1st Sep 1819 with 138 passengers.
Canada (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 143 (73) |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Name: James Boyd Event Date: Nov 1819. Arrival year: 1819 Vessel: Canada 1819 - Event Description: On monthly returns of prisoners punished at Newcastle. Comments: Per "Canada", 1819. Page: 93 No of Lashes. 25. General remarks: Stealing Nails in the Lumber Yard 1819 - 22 Oct. - Event Description: On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Princess Charlotte" Comments: Per "Canada", 1819 Page: 319 By whom convicted: Bench of Sydney, Time Convicted; 16 October 1819. Trade: Carpenter Sentence: 1 year ---------------------------------------------- New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891 Name: James Boyd Date: 16 Sep 1831 Place: New South Wales, Australia Category: Convicts Deaths Title: Death Register, 1828-1879 Volume Number: 4/4549 Ship: Canada Age: 27. Liverpool Hospital. R Carthwright Burial Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Parish as it Appears: St Lukes Liverpool
New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 TRADE OR CALLING; SLATER Ticket of Leave Date: 26 MAY 1827 . No; 27/537
October 3. Simon Ross and James Boyd, convicted of housebreaking and theft at Rutherglen, were sentenced to he hanged on Wednesday the 4th day of November; Caledonian Mercury, 5 Oct 1818. Saturday the following convicts were brought to Edinburgh jail, from Glasgow, for the purpose of being transported :- James Boyd, lately under sentence of death, for house-breaking and theft, transportation for life. Caledonial Mercury, 16 Nov 1818. Colonial Secretary Index. BOYD, James. Per "Canada", 1819 1819 Oct 22 - On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Princess Charlotte" (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.319) 1819 Nov; 1820 May - On monthly returns of prisoners punished at Newcastle (Reel 6023; 4/1718 pp.93, 105) 1822 Jun 7-1824 Apr 30 - On list of prisoners assigned; also listed as Boyne (Fiche 3290, 4/4570D pp.7, 9, 13, 14; Fiche 3291, 4/4570D p.9) 1822 Aug 31 - Runaway from Conroy's Gang. On return of proceedings of the Bench of Magistrates, Parramatta (Fiche 3297; X643 p.24) 1822 Nov 28 - Runaway from Baker's One Tree Hill Party (Reel 6053; 4/1756 pp.59-59c) 1822 Dec 4 - Re apprehension of following absence from his gang (Reel 6010; 4/3507 p.33). Reply, 5 Dec (Reel 6053; 4/1756 p.77) 1825 May 25 - On the estate of Dr Macleod (Reel 6014; 4/3514 p.365) 1828 census at Liverpool, in household of John Horsley, Coroner. James Boyd, 24, F.S. catholic, Canada 1819, employed as Millwright.