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Personal Information
Crime
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Transportation
James Clare was transported on the Competitor, departing 18th Mar 1823 and arriving 3rd Aug 1823 with 161 passengers.
Competitor (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 6 |
| 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
James Clare was listed as 22 years old on arrival. Place of Birth: Throstock near Bath. James was married, his wife and 2 children on the Parish at Throtstock near Bath. Father a miner at Littleton. 18/8/1866: James Clare died in Adelaide, SA., aged 64. 20/8/1866 The Adelaide Express: CLARE.—On the 18th August, at his residence, South-terrace, of bronchitis, Mr. James Clare, an old colonist of twenty-one years, much and deservedly respected.
In the Somerset Court records it states that James Calre was 5ft 6ins tall, of a dark complexion with dark hair. He was a coal miner in Radstock He was convicted of theft of a silver watch and chain and 6 silver spoons from a merchant
James Clare was convicted of the theft of a silver watch and several silver spoons. He had fathered an iligitimate son, James Jones - the boy's mother was Mary Jones whom James married two months after the child's birth in 1821.