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Transportation
Isaac Holmes was transported on the Grenada, departing 30th Apr 1819 and arriving 21st Oct 1819 with 152 passengers.
Grenada (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 158 |
| 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 |
Claims
"4 x Great-Grandfather"
"Ancestor, maternal side"
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Convict Notes
Isaac Holmes - listed in Colonial Secretary Index, 1788-1825 HOLMES, Isaac. Per "Grenada", 1819 1819 Oct 30 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Grenada" and forwarded to Emu Plains for distribution (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.4) 1820 Jul 17 Government labourer at Emu Plains (Reel 6049; 4/1745 p.185) 1824 Feb 3 On return of convicts discharged from the Establishment, Emu Plains; ticket of leave (Reel 6028; 2/8283 p.185) 1825 Oct 20 On return of Government servants employed & maintained by John McHenry of Penrith; from May to Nov 1822 (Reel 6064; 4/1788 p.63a) Colonial Secretary Index, 1788-1825 website: http://colsec.records.nsw.gov.au/h/F26c_ho-07.htm
Isaac Holmes, 1799–1881 His life as outlined on Australian Royalty website. https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I33151/Isaac-Holmes Birth 1799 Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1867 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Citation details: (NRS 12210) Butts of Certificates of Freedom 1830 September All Records Text: Born 1799 at Plymouth Immigration October 21, 1819 (Age 20 years) Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: State Library of Queensland. Convict Transportation Registers Database 1787-1867 [database on-line]. Citation details: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 158 Text: Isaac Holmes, one of 152 convicts transported on the ship Grenada, May 1819. Sentence details: Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 02 December 1818. Vessel: Grenada. Date of Departure: May 1819. Place of Arrival: New South Wales. Source: Bateson, Charles. The convict ships 1787-1868. 2nd ed. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1985 ie 1969 Citation details: p. 342 Text: The ship Grenada (1) arrived in NSW 21 Oct 1819 Source: University of Sheffield. Humanities Research Institute. The Proceedings of the Old Bailey: London's Central Criminal Court, 1674 to 1913. [database on-line]. Sheffield: the Institute, 2003-2008 Citation details: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 7.2, 28 March 2016), December 1818, trial of ISAAC HOLMES (t18181202-146). Text: ISAAC HOLMES, Theft > grand larceny, 2nd December 1818. 143. ISAAC HOLMES was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of November, one pair of pantaloons, value 30 s., the goods of John Wells. JOHN WELLS. I am a tailor, and live in High-street, St. Giles's. On the 28th of November, about nine o'clock in the evening, the pantaloons hung at my window; the alarm was given, I ran to the door, found the prisoner there, and the pantaloons by his side. JEREMIAH MAIDMENT. I am a Bow-street officer. I was coming by, and heard a cry of Stop thief; I saw the prisoner come out of the prosecutor's door, I seized him, and he dropped the trowsers. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I was never in the shop. GUILTY. Aged 18. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder. Gaol June 1825 (Age 26 years) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Citation details: Entrance Book Sydney 1819-1833 Text: Holmes, Isaac, Granada (1). feloniously stealing a bundle. To the factory for three months Freedom September 20, 1830 (Age 31 years) New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1867 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Citation details: (NRS 12210) Butts of Certificates of Freedom 1830 September All Records Text: 30/659 20 Sep 1830 Isaac Holmes per Grenada (1) master Donald 1819 Native of Plymouth a horse driver by trade or calling Tried Middlesex G.D. 2 Dec 1818 sentence 7 years Born 1799 5 feet eight inches tall, ruddy complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes Had a ticket of leave No 69/1003 delivered up and cancelled In lieu of No. 43/4943 dated 9 Feb 1826 now returned mutilated, cancelled Marriage Rachel Riches 1832 (Age 33 years) South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Source: New South Wales. Department of Justice and Attorney General. NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. [data-base on-line]. Sydney: the Registry. Text: V1832594 44B/1832 HOLMES ISAAC - RITCHIE RACHEL CV= CofE Berrima, Bong Bong, Sutton Forest, All Saints (Co. Camden) Gaol 1857 (Age 58 years) Goulburn, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Citation details: Entrance and Description Book Goulburn 1847-1869 Text: Gaol annual No: 37 Standing no: 2 Isaac Holmes, per Granada arrived 1819 Born 1792 5 feet 8 inches tall, stout, fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, a lump between shoulders, two first toes of each foot joined Gaol 1877 (Age 78 years) New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Citation details: Entrance and Description Book Goulburn 1869-1877 Text: 2441 Isaac Holmes, per Grenada the 1st, 1819 Born Plymouth England Protestant Labourer age 77 5 feet 7 and three quarter inches tall, stout, florid complexion, grey hair, blue eyes, could read only Nose large and red with bump growing on left side, lost all teeth, mouth --- chin large, little finger left hand broken, two toes formed irregularly--- Death 1881 (Age 82 years) North Yass, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Source: New South Wales. Department of Justice and Attorney General. NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. [data-base on-line]. Sydney: the Registry. Text: 11266/1881 HOLMES ISAAC JOHN DIED NORTH YASS YASS
Ancestry Convict Indents: Isaac Holmes, was 20 years old on arrival. Native Place: Plymouth. Occupation: Horse driver. Isaac was 5'6½" tall, fair ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes.
Convict Ship Grenada details Ship Name: Grenada (1) Rig Type: S. Built: Hull Build Year: 1810 Size (tons): 408 Voyage Details Master: Andrew McDonald Surgeon: Emanuel Lazzaretto Sailed: 8 October 1819 From: England Arrived: 21 October 1819 Port: PJ Route: Rio de Janeiro Days Travel: 166 Convicts Landed: 152 males & 0 female convicts Sources The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/3, pp.153-159 Bateson, Charles & Library of Australian History (1983). The convict ships, 1787-1868 (Australian ed). Library of Australian History, Sydney : pp.342-343, 383 https://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/shipDetails.php?shipId=169
1881. Death. Registered in Yass, NSW, Australia Source. Ancestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.
26 March 1857. Goulburn Gaol. Admitted (unspecified offense) Source. Detail State Archives NSW; Roll: 1874 Source Information Title New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 Author Ancestry.com State Archives NSW; Roll: 1875 Source Information Title New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 Author Ancestry.com
1832. Marriage to Rachael Ritchie (1811–1875) Berrima, Bong Bong, Sutton Forest, NSW, Australia. Source. Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.
20 Sept 1830. Certificate of Freedom issued. Source. Detail State Archives NSW Source Information Title New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 Author Ancestry.com
Feb 1824. Ticket of Leave. Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Source. Classified Advertising (1824, February 12). The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2182646
Medical Journal of the Grenada UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1857 G Grenada 1819 15 Mar - 1819 18 Nov https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/2318/31792_636897_0554-00000