Joseph Gotheridge

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Summary

Born
Jan 1772
Conviction
Cow stealing
Departure
Oct 1826
Arrival
Feb 1827
Death
Dec 1826
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Personal Information

Name: Joseph Gotheridge
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1772
Death: 9th Dec 1826
Age at death: 54
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Cow stealing
Convicted at: Warwick Assizes
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 16th Oct 1826
Ship: Andromeda
Arrival: 23rd Feb 1827
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Joseph Gotheridge was transported on the Andromeda, departing 16th Oct 1826 and arriving 23rd Feb 1827 with 147 passengers.

Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.

AndromedaAndromeda (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 105 (54)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
341
on 28th February 2026

The following convicts were last week removed from our county gaol, preparatory to their being transported for the terms to which they were severally sentenced: For Life. ...  Joseph Gotheridge, 54, for cow stealing; ,… Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 29 May 1826.

Maureen Withey avatar
341
on 28th February 2026

Warwick Assizes ended on Saturday week. Of the prisoners who took their trials, ... Sentence of Death recorded. —… Joseph Gotheridge, for stealing two heifers, at Seckington, the property of Wm Dester.— ... Northampton Mercury, 15 April 1826.

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
338
on 19th April 2022

1826 - 25 March 1826. Offence; Stealing Cows. 1826 - 22 May. Received on the prison ship; Justitia, moored at Woolwich. Aged; 54 years. 1826 - Australian Convict Transportation Registers Trial; 25 March 1826. Noted against name; Died on voyage - 9 December 1826