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Amos Bradshaw was transported on the Runnymede , departing 11th Jun 1856 and arriving 7th Sep 1856 with 247 passengers.
The original 'Runnymede' was built in London 1825, 389 tons. Sailing of this ship to Australia with convict transportees, including boy convicts 1839/1840 to Van Diemen's Land. (It appears this ship made other sailings to Australia, as a barque with immigrant passengers.) This Runnymede was wrecked near the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal in 1844. n.b. There is another 'Runnymede' ship. Built in Sunderland in 1854, the 720 ton ship Runnymede II - embarked 248 male convicts at Plymouth on 15 June 1856, landing all in Western Australia on 7 September, after a passage of 84 days - the sailing also had soldier families for settlement there. A 284 ton barque Runneymede of Hobart was wrecked at Frenchman's Bay, on 24 December 1878.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 191 (97) |
| 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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I read that you have Ellen (Kidd) & Amos Bradshaw as having 7 children, that is not correct. At the time of Ellen's death there were only 3 children. Amos remarried Maryann Donnovan and they had more children.
Amos Bradshaw was sentenced to 'Life' - 99 years. 16/3/1855 Stamford Mercury Lincolnshire, England: Crown Court Disgusting Crime at Halton Holegate. Amos Bradshaw, 14, pleaded guilty to a charge of having, at Halton Holgate, on the llth of July, committed unnatural offence. In passing sentence, the Judge said the prisoner had pleaded guilty to the capital charge - a charge which subjected his life to be taken away. He had, however, done himself no harm by pleading guilty, for the depositions contained the closest and most conclusive evidence that he had committed an offence so horrible that it was almost impossible to conceive it could be perpetrated by a human being ; and not only that the offence had been committed by him, but that it had been committed by another person in his presence. Such enormities it was almost revolting to have to speak of. He hoped he sould find (he had directed proper enquiries) that the prisoner was truly ignorant and uneducated__a person of weak inteccect. He saw he was only a boy, but if he had the common faculties, if he had received anything like a moral and religious education, he must be the most corrupt and depraved boy that could well be imagined. He would be dealt with according to the result of the enquiries ; but, under any circumstances, some extreme and severe punishment he would have to endure. He hoped a new light might enter into his mind, and that reflection would awaken a sense of the shocking nature of the offence he had committed, and constrain him to lead a pure life.__Death recorded. Amos Bradshaw was 14 years old when transported for "Buggery with a sheep". He was unmarried, literate, 5'7¼" tall, dark brown hair, grey eyes, sallow complexion, stout, Cut on forehead, A.B. three rings, anchor left hand. 27/1/1860: TOL 3/10/1862: Married Ellen Kidd at Beverley, WA. They had 7 children - Ellen died aged 39, 12/4/1882. 23/3/1865: CP 14/11/1883: Married Mary Ann Donovan at York, WA. - They had 5 children. Mary Ann died 17/9/1914 at York, WA. 10/5/1918 Western Main, Perth: Probates: Amos Bradshaw, of York, to Alexander Richard Bradshaw and George Amos Bradshaw, £61 2s- 3d.
Son of William Bradshaw & Mary Ann Needham . 2nd marriage 14.11.1883 York WA to Mary Ann DONOVAN