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Charles Elton Harwood was transported on the John, departing 26th Jan 1832 and arriving 8th Jun 1832 with 200 passengers.
John 1st arrived in Sydney Cove on the 25th November 1827. 185 Male convicts. of which 7 were sent to the hospital, 3 Died. Surgeon Superintendent- Died on the voyage . John - 1836/1837 Voyage. Medical Journal was lost on the homeward passage by the shipwreck of the Ship "Medora' There is an index only.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 255 (128) |
| 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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Birth Apr 1808 • Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Name Charles Horwood Baptism Age 0 Event Type Baptism Birth Date Apr. 1808 Baptism Date 21 Aug. 1808 Baptism Place St Philip and St Jacob, Gloucestershire, England Register Type Parish Register Father William Horwood Mother Mary Horwood Baptism 21 Aug 1808 • Bristol, Gloucester, England Name Charles Horwood Gender Male Baptism Date 21 Aug. 1808 Baptism Place Bristol, Gloucester, England Father William Horwood Mother Mary FHL Film Number 1596677 Reference ID item 4 Residence 2 May 1831 • Gloucester Gaol Name Charles Elton Harwood Age 23 Birth Year 1808 Conviction or Committal Date 2 May 1831 Gaol or Prison Northgate (Gloucester), Charles Elton Harwood, and Ann Trolip, for stealing money in the house of R.P. King, at Berkeley. Residence 10 Aug 1831 Name Charles Elton Hearwood Conviction Age 23 Birth Date 1808 Charge Stealing in Dwelling House A £50 Note Sentence Life Conviction Date 10 Aug. 1831 Conviction Place Gloucester Residence 1 Sep 1831 • Woolwich, Kent, England Name Charles Elton Harwood Age 23 Estimated Birth Year 1808 Date Received 1 Sep. 1831 Ship Justitia Place Moored Woolwich Date Convicted 10 Aug. 1831 Place Convicted Gloucester Residence Summer 1831 • Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Name Charles Elton Harwood Date of Trial Summer 1831 Trial Year 1831 Location of Trial Gloucestershire, England Sentence Transportation Departure 26 Jan 1832 Name Charles Elton Harwood Gender Male Birth Date 1808 Crime Stealing Money Departure Date 26 Jan. 1832 Arrival Date 8 Jun. 1832 Arrival Place New South Wales Arrival Ship John Arrival 8 Jun 1832 • New South Wales Name Charles Elton Harwood Age 23 Date of Conviction 10 Aug. 1831 Place of Conviction Gloucester Estimated Birth Year 1808 Vessel John (3) Port of Arrival New South Wales Date of Arrival 8 Jun. 1832 Indent 1832 Charles Elton Harwood, 23, could read and write, Protestant, single, native of Gloucestershire, a carver and gilder, life sentence, no former convictions, 5 feet 7 inches tall, fair ruddy and freckled complexion, sandy to red hair and blue and small eyes, blue scar on right elbow, convicted for stealing a 50 pound note at Gloucester Assizes 10 Aug 1831, Residence 1837 • Australia Name Charles E Horwood Vessel John Province New South Wales Title General muster D - J Year(s) 1837 Request permission to marry 29 Jan 1845 • New South Wales, Australia Request Status Granted Date of Permission/Refusal 29 Jan. 1845 Granted 1845, H.H. Bobart of Parramatta Elton Charles Horwood, 36, John (3), life, ticket of leave Jane Beckett, 22, native of the colony Marriage details 7 Feb 1845 • St John's Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Charles Elton Howard of this parish a bachelor and Jane Beckett of this parish a spinster married in this church by banns with consent of Governor this 7th day of Feb 1845 by me H.H. Bobart Charles signed the register and Jane made her X mark in the presence of Charles Burge of Parramatta who signed the register and Lucy Jane Hendle who made her X mark Marriage 7 Feb 1845 • St John's Parramatta, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia Name Jane Becket Marriage Date 1845 Marriage Place Parramatta, New South Wales Registration Date 1845 Registration Place Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Spouse Charles E Howard Volume Number V B Jane Eliza Beckett 1827–1909 Birth of son Charles William Horwood (1846–1940) 5 Apr 1846 • Castle Hill Conditional Pardon 31 Dec 1847 Name Charles Elton Harwood Age 38 Birth Year 1809 Origin Place Gloucestershire Conviction Date 10 Aug. 1831 Arrival Year 1832 Pardon Date 31 Dec. 1847 Vessel Name John Record Type Conditional Pardon Number 48/237 Birth of daughter Eliza J Horwood (1848–) 1848 • Parramatta, New South Wales Birth of son David Purdy Horwood (1850–) 1850 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Birth of son Samuel Robert Horwood (1853–1925) 3 Jan 1853 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Birth of daughter Rachel Hannah Horwood (1855–) 4 May 1855 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Residence 1856 • Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia Name Elson Charles Horwood Year range 1856 District Cumberland Birth of son George Henry Horwood (1858–1928) 19 Apr 1858 • Prospect Birth of daughter Elizabeth Ann Horwood (1860–1860) 15 Oct 1860 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Death of daughter Elizabeth Ann Horwood (1860–1860) 1860 • Parramatta, New South Wales Birth of daughter Harriet Alice Horwood (1863–) 3 Jan 1863 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Birth of son Percival Victory Horwood (1871–1962) 27 Aug 1871 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Residence 6 Mar 1872 Name Charles Elton Harwood Date 6 Mar. 1872 Place New South Wales, Australia Category Convicts Deaths Title Annual Returns of Convicts Who Died, 1867-1891 Volume Number 4/4552 Death 27 Feb 1888 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Name Charles E Horwood Death Date 1888 Death Place Parramatta, New South Wales Registration Date 1888 Registration Place Parramatta, Australia Father William Registration Number 8327 Burial 28 Feb 1888 • Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Charles Elton Horwood Birth 1810 Gloucestershire, England Death 28 Feb 1888 (aged 77–78) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Burial St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church Cemetery Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
—On the 2d inst. Charles Elton Harwood and Ann Trolip, charged with stealing a 50/. bank-note and other monies from the dwelling-house of R. King, of Berkeley. Cheltenham Journal, 16 May 1831. Ann Trolip was transported for life, on the Pyramus, but died on the voyage.
1872: Charles Elton HARWOOD per John (3) 1832 was granted an Absolute Pardon, No 13239. His original sentence was Death, commuted to transportation for Life (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891).
Note from Moderator: Charles was listed as 'Harwood' on his convict record - Ticket of leave and Certificate of Freedom are all under Harwood - have put his proper name of Horwood in the alias section so that both names will come up if someone is searching for him.
Married Jane Eliza Beckett
Charles Elton Harwood was 23 years old when transported for "stealing a £50 note". His occupation was a Carver & Gilder. 31/12/1847: CP 4/6/1872: RW(per Convict Records NSW)