Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
John Gibbons was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 9th Jan 1836 and arriving 17th May 1836 with 108 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 | Convict Indents & Ship Musters - Ticket of Leave - Absconded Convicts Sponsor of widowed brother, Patrick and sister, Catherine who arrived in colony in 1854. |
Claims
"My 2x Great-Grandfather. (His life story has been erroneously connected to another John Gibbons)"
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Convict Notes
Was part of a gang who were charged with the assault and subsequent death of Patrick Duggan in April 1835. Parents William and Anastasia were both dead by 1854 - John was not the son of the William who arrived on the Lord Sidmouth.
March 1841 - Absconded convict - Gibbons John, Surrey (8), 28, County Tipperary, farm labourer, 5 feet 7½ inches, dark, ruddy, and freckled complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, scar centre of forehead dark mole left side of upper lip, cross inside lower right arm, 5 August 1835 inside lower left arm. From Hyde Park Barracks, since 2nd instant
Ticket of Leave Number: 41/0697 Year: 1841; Allowed to remain in the District of Bathurst; Name: John Gibbons
Ticket of Leave Number: 40/1516 Year: 1840; Allowed to remain in the District of Bathurst
Description - Education: None; Religion: Roman Catholic; Marriage Status: Single; Born at Tipperary County Ireland Employment: Farm labourer; Trial Crime: Manslaughter, Trial Court: Tipperary, Ireland Tried 29 Jul 1835, Trial Sentence: 7 years; Previous convictions: None; Height in feet & inches: 5 7.5; Complexion: Dark ruddy & freckled; Hair: Dark brown; Eyes: Hazel;