Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
George Collins was transported on the Barossa, departing 31st Jul 1839 and arriving 8th Dec 1839 with 336 passengers.
Barossa (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 78 |
| 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 |
Claims
"George is my 4x Great Grandfather. He was convicted of stealing a sheep"
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Convict Notes
George's burial place has now been built over, there is now a church there...and where George actually lived is now a lake, Lake St. Clair in the Hunter Valley.
George Collins was listed as 37 years old on arrival. Native Place: Kent. Parents: William collins 1775-1857 and Mary Collins 1780-1858. George could read, was protestant, married with 4 male and 3 female children, 5'6½" tall, dark ruddy and freckled complexion, dark brown hair, brown eyes, two moles on right cheek, another on outer corner of right eyebrow, and one on left eyebrow, scar on left cheek, three moles on each lower arm. George Married Mary Knowles and had 17/5/1845: TOL Patrick Plains. 8/10/1859: George Collins died at St Clair near Singleton, NSW. From his death certificate: A Labourer, died from disease of the liver. Buried in Singleton with the funeral by a Presbyterian minister. (have not located which cemetery). 5/11/1859 Maitland Mercury: OPOSSUM CLOAKS! OPOSSUM CLOAKS!! SINGLETON. In the estate of George Collins, deceased. MR. ROTTON has been instructed by the Executor in the above estate to sell by auction, on FRIDAY the 11th of November, at the Auction Mart, Singleton at One o'clock, 14 New OPOSSUM CLOAKS, averaging seventy skins each, in splendid preservation. These Cloaks are worthy the attention of collectors of colonial curiosities ; but as a article of export, for the fur, they would be invaluable samples to the trade. Terms cash.