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Transportation
Henry Chesshire was transported on the Anson, departing 23rd Sep 1843 and arriving 4th Feb 1844 with 499 passengers.
The HMS Anson was a large ship, 1870 tons, built at Paull, near Hull, England in 1812. Sailed to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia from Plymouth, England on 1 Oct 1843, arriving 4 Feb 1844 carrying 499 male convicts, plus a crew of 326 - the greatest number to ever leave England on a transport ship. The 'Anson' was then refitted as a hulk Probation Station for housing female prisoners after they first arrived in Van Diemen's Land. It was situated in the River Derwent, Prince of Wales Bay, Risdon near Hobart. There is much written about it's time as a Probation Station. The 'Anson' ship was broken up in 1850.
Anson (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 469 (216) |
| 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
Occupation 08 Apr 1896 • Tasmania, Australia Described as a Miner on the marriage certificate of his son Frederick marrying Alice Maria Redburn.
Occupation 25 May 1843 • Chatham Onboard Prison Hulk it states his trade was Machine Paper Ruler, convicted of Felony.
Conviction - Burglary - Prisoner Number 8413 25 Mar 1843 • Warwick Assizes To be transported to Van Diemen's Land for a term of 10 years, aged 17. Also listed as 28 Mar 1843. Home office: Convict Hulks, Convict Prisons and Criminal Lunatic Asylums: Quarterly Returns; Series HO8; piece no 77; Record Set England and Wales, Crime
Henry's parents were John Onons Cheshire 1798-1885 and Charlotte Willets 1799-1876. Henry was baptised in Oldbury, Worcestershire, about 6 miles from Birmingham possibly in the Old Dissenting Chapel as he states he is a Protestant. in 1841 Census HO107/908/10, listed as apprentice printer (Paper ruler) operated a machine in the 1800's printing industry. A skilled worker who set up several inking pens in a machine by the same name, designed to draw or ink lines on paper. H
Henry died in Fingal, Tasmania, leaving behind wife Johanna, nee Sullivan, and three children still alive, three others having pre-deceased him.Cheers, Sue McKoy suemckoy@gmail.com