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Transportation
Timothy Collins was transported on the Katherine Stewart Forbes, departing 21st Feb 1832 and arriving 16th Jul 1832 with 223 passengers.
Katherine Stewart Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | Tasmania Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999. Death in the district of New Norfolk. Number 888. Registration number 332/1869 |
| 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
Timothy Collins was possibly born in Ireland as his children were born there. Timothy and his wife Mary had three children, Bridget, Mary Ann and Michael. Timothy came to Tasmania as a convict, at the age of 50. No records can be found as to why Timothy was in Bristol, when he was convicted in the courts of Bristol, England for rioting and demolishing property. Timothy received a death sentence commuted into one perpetual banishment....Transportation. He was transported to Hobart, Tasmania in 1832. Timothy Collins along with 221 other prisoners sentenced to transportation sailed from Woolwich in February 1832 bound for Tasmania. The name of the ship was the Katherine Stewart Forbes. On his arrival at Hobart Timothy was assigned to William Bryant as a plowman and would have worked on one of the many farms the Bryant brothers owned or leased throughout Tasmania. Timothy received his ticket of leave on the 10th of August 1840 and his conditional pardon on the 20th September 1843 but is never allowed to return home. Timothy became a farmer in Tasmania and he owned 100 acres of land in the narrow valley of Glenfern. Growing crops and run a small amount of stock, his property was only a few miles from New Norfolk and in the same area he had worked as a convict. Timothy Collins died 02 March 1869 aged 89 years My name is Lisa Corlet. Timothy Collins is my Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather. Today my mother, Helen Howell shared some much researched family history with me. Today I learned of Timothy Collins, my Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather.. Lisa Corlet 27/04/14 lisa.corlet@gmail.com