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Personal Information
Transportation
Charles Groves was transported on the Nile, departing 27th Jun 1850 and arriving 3rd Oct 1850 with 309 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 273 (138) |
| 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
Charles was convicted of stealing half a crown from a grocer's shop owned by Mr Hazel at Great Birkhampstead. At Parkhurst prison he was taught to read and write as well as the boot making trade. On 31 May 1859 he married Charlotte Dunkley at St David's Cathedral Hobart. Charlotte was the youngest child of a free settler Thomas Dunkley but her two Dunkley uncles, David and Henry, had been convicts as had her Dunkley grandfather. Charles and Charlotte established a business opposite the cathedral, he as a boot maker and she ran a 'Berlin depot'. They had nine children, the first seven in Hobart:Charlotte, Clara, Charles, Percy, Arthur, Herbert and May and the last two, Albert and Lilian, in Melbourne. Charlotte died at North Carlton on 15 December 1912 and Charles at the Victorian Home for Aged at Royal Park, Melbourne on 15 June 1920.