Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
James Curten was transported on the Blenheim, departing 27th Jul 1834 and arriving 14th Nov 1834 with 203 passengers.
Built 1845 at Shields. Wood ship of 808 Tons. Register lists of persons transported on the various sailing is still a work in progress, not all are yet listed.
Blenheim (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Absconded. Curten James, Blenheim (1), 40, County Clare, farm servant, 5 feet 6 inches, dark ruddy little pock-pitted comp., brown hair, grey to blue eyes, blue dot lower right arm, blue ring middle finger of right hand, scar back of forefinger of same, scar front of small of left leg, from John Mann, Paterson, since April 17. NSW Govt Gazette, 6 May 1840.
FRIDAY, SECOND DAY. John M'Mahon, Peter Curtin, and James Curtin, were indicted for the abduction of Margaret O’Dea, of Crahara, near Kildysart, on the 2d of October last, with intent to force her into marriage. —Guilty of the abduction. Westmeath Journal 6 March 1834. John M'Mahon and Peter and James Curtin were found guilty of the abduction of Margaret O'Dea, at Crahera, in the parish Kildysart. Sentence of death recorded. Waterford Mail, 8 March 1834.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. James Curten, alias Curtin, age on arrival, 34, per Blenheim I (1) 1834, tried at Clare Co, 1834, Life for Abduction, DOB, 1800, native place, Clare Co. Catholic. Married, 1 male, 2 female children, Labourer farm.