Summary
Personal Information
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Voyage
Transportation
William Claridge was transported on the Somersetshire, departing 30th Nov 1841 and arriving 30th May 1842 with 221 passengers.
Somersetshire (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 408 Court record, via FindMyPast https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA/CCC/PCOM2/134/00040&parentid=TNA/CCC/2B/PCOM2/00960883 Baptism record https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61056/images/BOD058_C_2_040?pId=738994 |
| 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
Wife should be Alice, not Anne.
James' baptism record with William and Anne Claridge (nee Leech) as parents. https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61057/images/PAR238_ACC6078_6_012?pId=1513570
Evidence pointing increasingly to William being father of James Claridge, transported about 10 years later https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/claridge/william/55362
From Chilson, Oxfordshire, about a mile from Shorthampton. Wife Alice Leech. Pardon 6 Jun 1854, Launceston. Father of James Claridge, also transported as convict, in 1851, married Annie Lincoln 1861.
From Chilson, Oxfordshire, about a mile from Shorthampton. Wife Alice Leech. Pardon 6 Jun 1854, Launceston. Father of James Claridge, also transported as convict, in 1851, married Annie Lincoln 1861.