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Transportation
James Denmead was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 9th Apr 1834 and arriving 17th Aug 1834 with 262 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Find A Grave website. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 338 |
| 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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Find A Grave Memorial ID: 182565096 Burial: St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Campbelltown, NSW, Plot A https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182565096/james-denmead
The date on the death certificate of James is 10 December 1894. I changed it above, was that the right thing to do? He was 84 years of age. That would mean he was born in 1810.
Sherborne Mercury Mon 19 Aug 1833 p. 2 James Denmead was indicted for having maliciously cut and stabbed John Wright, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. John Wright. - I was at Frome on the 25th May, and was at Watley's Corner about seven o'clock; the prisoner was there, and hit me across the thighs with a ground-ash stick; I got the stick and broke it; I went into the kitchen of the King's Head public house; he followed, and took by cap off, and said he'd be d__d if I should have the cap till he got the stick; I told him it was in the grate; I said I would have my cap, and he said he'd be d--d if I should. I took the cap from him; he said he would wrestle for it, which we did about a minute; he threw a cup of ale in my face; I shoved him on one side, and the ostler pushed us out; as we were going out I fell down; the prisoner got on top of me and clawed me down the face; he then went to a butcher's stall and got a cleaver; he chopped at me three times, and hit me once on the shoulder; some one took the cleaver from him; he then took a large butcher's knife, and said he'd be d--d if he did not put it into me, and he struck me with it on the hip; I bled very much; he ran away. Thomas Tabor. - I was at the door of the King's Head when the prosecutor and the prisoner came home; I saw the prisoner get the cleaver, and strike the prosecutor with the back of the cleaver; I did not see anything done with the knife, but I heard a cry of murder, and Denmead say, "Wright you have done for me now." I saw the wound on Wright's hip. The Surgeon who examined the would said it was slight in consequence of the bone, but if it had been an inch higher death would have ensued. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. 1845: TOL 1849: married Elizabeth Jane ‘Eliza’ Daley (1829–1914) daughter of Francis Daley and born in Sydney) at St Andrews Scots Church, Sydney. They had 12 children. Elizabeth died at Parramatta aged 85 (registered as Denmeade). 1894: James died at Campbelltown, NSW. 12/12/1894 Goulburn Herald: An old identity named James Denmead, for thirty years a butcher at Campbelltown, died on Monday morning, aged eighty years.