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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
John Gibson was transported on the Minerva, departing 26th Jul 1821 and arriving 16th Dec 1821 with 172 passengers.
The Minerva was built at Lancaster, England in 1804. 4 voyages bringing convict transportees to Australia.
Minerva (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 79 (41) |
| 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
Nottingham Assizes. All the prisoners sentenced to death were reprieved before the Judge left the town. … John Gibson, aged 21, and Richard Cobb, aged 28, for burglariously breaking open the dwelling-house of Geo. Nicholson, in Newark, on the ? of August last, and stealing sundry wearing apparel and money, the property of Wm. Nicholson, Gilbert Johnson, & Geo. Nicholson. —Gibson pleaded guilty, Cobb acquitted. The said John Gibson, John Welsh, aged 25, and Jas. Mackenzie, aged 24, for burglariously breaking into the dwelling-house of Stephen Robinson, West Bridgford, and stealing a cloak, table cloth, and other articles- All condemned ... Stamford Mercury, 23 March 1821.