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Transportation
Cornelius Conway was transported on the Egyptian, departing 5th Apr 1839 and arriving 23rd Aug 1839 with 190 passengers.
Egyptian (generic)References
| Primary Source | The National Archives, Kew, London, England; HO 77: Newgate Prison Calendar; Piece No. 46. NSW & Tas. Convict Musters (HO10/38 & HO10/51). England & Wales Criminal Registers HO26/44, page 48. Old Bailey - Online. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 16. Tasmanian Archives. |
| 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
Hello I have been leaving flowers at the headstone of Cornelius and Sarah - I am a direct descendant.
Hello I have been leaving flowers at the resting place of Cornelius and Sarah.
I wonder who placed flowers on the headstone of Cornelius and Sarah Ann a few years ago?
FYI Lesley - I did some research on Cornelius in 2020 but know no more than what is written above, I am not related
Photocopy of document in Victoria Police Gazette of August 1859 entitled Prisoners Discharged from the Penal Department during the week ending 16th August 1859 shows Cornelius Conway, alias William. A viewing of a document re Cornelius Conway from the Public Records of Victoria (PROV), re Central Register of Male Prisoners, 1853, at access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/veo-download?objectId=090fe27381735793&format=pdf&docTitle=ConwayCorneliusWilliamConwayNo658&encodingId=Revision-2-Document-1-Encoding-1-DocumentData is not clear in all aspects but does show 1842 (the date of William’s transportation to VDL), and (perhaps) “named” William Conway. So, did William Conway become Cornelius Conway?
Previous Offence: Stealing (a bag, 16 harp-strings, 20 violin strings, & other articles, the property of Frederick Giorgi)on 25 Aug. 1838, Sentence Not Guilty, was in Newgate Prison, Trade Labourer, aged 14 Criminal Registers: Offence Larceny, aged 14, Trial 17 Dec. 1838 Newgate Prison Dec. 1838, aged 14 Tasmanian Convict Musters, 1841: Prisoners Barracks Hobart Tasmanian Convict Musters, 1846: Free Certificate
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey CORNELIUS CONWAY, JOHN WOODYER, Theft > simple larceny, 17th December 1838. 312. CORNELIUS CONWAY and JOHN WOODYER were indicted for stealing, on the 13th of December, 2 glass tumblers, value If, 8d., the goods of Moses Deal. REBECCA DEAL . I am the wife of Moses Deal, a dealer in earthen-ware, in Bell-street, Edgeware-road. On the 13th of December, about half-past three o'clock, in consequence of information given me by my opposite neighbour, Mr. Reed, I looked and missed two tumblers, which I had seen safe not five minutes before—I went to Mrs. Austin's, a marine-store dealer, and found Conway there—I told him he had taken my glasses—he denied it—Mrs. Austin came into the shop with the uses in her hand, and said, "Do you mean to say these are your glasses?"—I said they were—she said, "Why I have just brought them off my mantel-shelf"—I believe her name is Maria Ford, but she is called Mrs. Austin—I know the glasses to be mine—(looking at them.) JOHN REED . I live opposite the prosecutrix. About half-past three o'clock this day, I saw the two prisoners about Deal's shop—I saw Woodyer take up the glasses and give them to Conway, who put them under his jacket, and walked into the marine-store shop, which is close by—I ran across and told the prosecutrix. MARIA FORD . I keep a marine-store shop—I never saw the boy, or bought the glasses—my house was undergoing repair at the time—I had a lot of glasses in my kitchen, and I thought my little girl had brought these out, and put them on the mantel-shelf—I found them there and thought they were mine—I did not buy them. EMMA ASGILL . Conway offered these glasses to me for sale, but I did not buy them. GEORGE HILLIER . I am a policeman. I took the prisoners into costody—Conway told-me that he had taken the glasses into the marine-store shop, and if I would go there with him, he would show me the girl that had taken them from him—he said Woodyer stole the glasses, and gave them to him to sell—Woodyer told me he had not been out of his room that day. Conway's Defence. I never toot them into the shop—I never had them. Woodyer's Defence. I was in my own room, and was not out of it—I was not near the place, and knew nothing of it, till the policeman came and took me—I do not know Conway. CONWAY*— GUILTY . Aged 14.— Transported for Seven Years. WOODYER— GUILTY . Aged 13.— Confined Three Months. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=def1-312-18381217&div=t18381217-312#highlight Free Certificate No. 1996/1845
Who married Sarah Ann Greenslade? (a) The Cornelius who arrived on the Egyptian 5 April 1839, OR (b) the William who arrived on the Surrey 16 March 1842.
Tasmanian Archives - Convict Conduct Record, Indent of details & Description are all online for further inf. http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON31-1-8,164,57,L,46. (P.A. is the abbreviation for Port Arthur Penal Settlement)
Married to Sarah Ann Greenslade. Where was he imprisoned upon arrival in VDL?