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John Byrne was transported on the Guildford, departing 30th Nov 1814 and arriving 8th Apr 1816 with 229 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Colonial Secretary Index. |
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Convict Notes
Possible burial record New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Burials John Burns ** Prisoner, Guildford. Aged; 22 years of the parish of Parramatta a lunatic was buried 15 Sept 1818
Pardons available everywhere except in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Byrne John, Guildford 2. NSW Govt. Gazette, 20 July 1847.
ABSOLUTE AND CONDITIONAL PARDONS. Principal Superintendent of Convicts' Office, Sydney, June 4, 1850. The " Absolute," " Exceptive Absolute," or " Conditional Pardons," granted to the undermentioned Individuals, being still in my office unapplied for; it is hereby notified that the parties in whose favour these Pardons have been prepared, are required by the Government within three months from this date to make application for the same, either at my Office, or to the Clerk of Petty Sessions of their respective Districts, and failing in so doing, they will become liable to all the consequences that may arise from their not possessing those Instruments. J. McLEAN. CONDITIONAL PARDONS Name. Ship. Year. John Byrne, Guildford 2, 1816. Sydney Morning Herald, 22 Jun 1850.
Colonial Secretary Index. BYRNE, John. Per "Guildford", 1816. 1816 Apr 15 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Guildford" and forwarded to Windsor for distribution; listed as Byrnes (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.465) 1817 May 3 On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.132) 1821 Mar 29 On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6007; 4/3503 p.197) 1823 May 14 On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Sally" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.44, 404-5) --------------------------------------------------- The Tickets of Leave of the undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown have been cancelled for the reasons stated opposite their respective names:— John Byrne, Guildford, 1816, absence from district; Dungog Bench. NSW Govt. Gazette, 20 Apr 1847.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Byrne, alias Burn, Burne, age on arrival, 21, Guildford (2) 1816, Tried Dublin City, 1815, Life, DOB, 1795, native of Dublin. Shoemaker.