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Transportation
Charles Dix was transported on the Caledonia, departing 19th Jun 1822 and arriving 6th Nov 1822 with 150 passengers.
Ship Name: Caledonia (1) Rig Type: S. Built: Sunderland Build Year: 1815 Size (tons): 412 Voyage Details Source. Claim a Convict website. http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/shipDetails.php?shipId=186
Caledonia (generic)References
| Primary Source | http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch www.linc.tas.gov.au Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 174 |
| 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
Somerset Assizes concluded on Monday evening: the following are the sentences the prisoners: DEATH. Chas. Dix, for burglary; Bath Chronicle, 11 April 1822.
Charles Dix was listed as 21 years old on arrival in VDL. Previous offences: Imprisoned one month for an assault at Gloster. Surgeons Report: A quiet man. Charles was 5'8" tall, light brown hair, blue eyes. Marital status: P. (parents??) at Whitcombe. 28/11/1826: Conditional Emancipation. 17/1/1829 The Hobart Courier: 7/1/1829 Criminal Court Launceston: 10/1/1829: Charles Beard and Clharles Dix, charged with stealing 4 bushels of wheat, the property of John Bayles. Beard guilty - Dix not guilty. 20/11/1829: CP (Newspaper date). 26/3/1831 The Hobart Town Courier: Found not guilty for stealing a turkey from Mrs. Childers of New Norfolk. 24/12/1832: Married Mary Ann Browning, by Banns at New Norfolk, Tas. 16/10/1835: Carriers License - Charles Dix, Hamilton. 14/10/1836 The Tasmanian, Hobart Town: Charles Dix and Tomas English, charged with stealing sheep, the former was found guilty, and the latter acquitted. 18/10/1836 Colonial Times, Hobart: Charlex Dix and William English were charged with receiving the carcases of five sheep, stolen from Mr. Andrew Downie, at Macquarie Plains. 29/10/1836 Bent's News and Tasmanian Three=Penny Register, Hobart: Charles Dix, feloniously receiving - Fourteen years. 7/7/1837 The Hobart Town Courier: POLICE OFFICE, HAMILTON. July 3, 1837. WHEREAS divers articles late the property of Charles Dix, a convicted felon, are now in the possession of the undersigned - notice is hereby given that the said articles will be sold by me on Saturday the 24th instant, at the police office, Hamilton at 12 o'clock, viz.- 1 cart - 3 yokes - 6 bows ; a quantity of sawed timber, shingles, carpenter's tools, &c. JOSEPH CAHILL, District Constable. 28/10/1842: TOL 28/10/1845: Recommended for a CP 31/10/1846: CP Approved. 1849: There is a death listed for a Charles Dix in 1849 in the district of Adelaide.
he married Mary Ann Browning in VDL and their son Charles Dix grew up and lived a long life as Charles Dickes Haynes in South Australia. Mary Ann Dix, nee Browning travelled 1837 to South Australia as the wife of John Thomas Haynes on the Lady Emma and without confirmation, I understand that Charles Dix ended up in Port Adelaide too.