Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Charles Davis was transported on the China, departing 3rd Jan 1846 and arriving 16th May 1846 with 200 passengers.
Built 1837 at Hull. Wood ship of 524 Tons.
China (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 4 |
| 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
Charles Davis, for burglariously entering the dwelling-house of William Taylor, at Chatham, and stealing eighty pound butter, one …. , and some potatoes, in Dec.1842. The prisoner was detected in the act but had absconded, and had not been apprehended until last June. —Transported fifteen years. South Eastern Gazette, 29 July 1845. The undermentioned male convicts were on Saturday morning removed from the county gaol, to the Millbank prison: Henry Driver, Ambrose Herrington, and Charles Leach, transported for twenty years; James Austin, William Lee, Thomas Taylor, John Cross, Edward Viccars, Michael McMahon, James Simmons, and Charles Davis, for fifteen years; Edwin Brotherton, James Exton, Robert Spears, and Edward Spicer, for ten years; Fred. George Janes and Henry Flood, for seven years. South Eastern Gazette, 12 Aug 1845.