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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
George Davis was transported on the Princess Charlotte, departing 3rd Jul 1824 and arriving 9th Nov 1824 with 139 passengers.
Princess Charlotte (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 152 |
| 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
George was the third son of John and Johanna Davis, who farmed near the village of Dursley in Gloucestershire, England. His brothers, John and Edward were, respectively, a shoe-maker and a barber, while George was a ropemaker by trade.
George was the third son of John and Johanna Davis, who farmed near the village of Dursley in Gloucestershire, England. His brothers, John and Edward were, respectively, a shoe-maker and a barber. His first recorded conviction occurred in 1823 when he was aged 15: on March 18 of that year he was sentenced at Horsley to three months prison for “Exposing a hare for sale”. Presumably the hare was poached. On 6 December, 1823 he was again sentenced to three months in prison by the Horsley court for the crime of being a “rogue and vagabond.” But even while imprisoned George couldn’t stay out of trouble, eventually being sentenced at Gloucester Assizes, on 31 March, 1824, to transportation for seven years for “stealing a brass pot and a quantity of meat”, with the theft occurring in the gaol! His sentence was handed down in Dursley Magistrate’s Court in the Cotswold region of England. George was assigned to Mr Makepeace, but couldn't stay out of trouble. The original, hand-written transcript includes the following: * Sept. 19, 1825: Found in a disreputable house yesterday * March 3, 1827: Absent from church muster last Sunday * March 17, 1828: Leaving his master’s premises, out all night; assigned to a chain gang for 7 days * Jan. 21, 1829: Found yesterday afternoon at Cowley’s house for the purposes of drinks and gambling without his master’s permission (the penalty for this transgression is unclear, although it appears to have been to be tied to the ‘wheel’ for 7 days) * Aug. 20, 1830: …indecent conduct in having an illicit intercourse with Mary Ann Archer in consequence of which she was delivered of a male child (since dead)… to be deprived of his TL (ticket of leave) it is recommended to be worked in a chain gang for the remainder of his original sentence. After surviving time in a chain gang, which was one of the harshest punishments available to the authorities, George eventually regained his ticket-of-leave and, on 8 March, 1830 married Elizabeth Babington in St David’s Church, Hobart. They had four children while living in Tasmania: George (13 November, 1831), Joshua Josiah (23 November, 1834), Albert, and Joseph (birth dates unknown). The family moved to NSW when Joshua was about nine years old, ending up in the gold rush town of Gulgong in the Central West of NSW. The details of the family’s move from Tasmania to Gulgong are unknown.