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Crime
Transportation
George Branch was transported on the Layton, departing 9th Jul 1839 and arriving 7th Dec 1839 with 260 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 52 |
| 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
George Branch was born in Fyfield Essex
George Branch was born at Twyfield, Essex, the son of Joseph Branch, who was a farm labourer, and who was also tried with George but died on the Hulk at Woolwhich in 1840 – and Mary Doe. George was 5’6 ¾” tall, Red hair, hazel eyes, freckled arms and face, fresh complexion, single. 15/12/1846: TOL July 1847: Recommended for a CP Aug. 1848: CP 14/9/1898: Aged 82, listed as a batchelor – married Eliza Saxon aged 77 at Bothwell. Eliza arrived as Eliza Pegram (Hindostan 1830) she was the widow of Matthew Saxon (Southworth 1830). Eliza died 29/8/1912 aged 91 at Bothwell. 6/2/1904: George died at Bothwell. 10/2/1904 The Mercury, Hobart: BRANCH.- On February 6, at his residence, Bothwell. George Branch, in the 88th year of his age.
Hé was convicted, along with his father (66), at Chelsford, Essex, of burglary 18July, 1839. His father, who was the brother of my g.g.g.grandfather, died in the prison hulk where they were both detained, in 1849. The prison log said he was a bad character. George Branch was noted as being "indifferent character"