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Voyage
Transportation
James Howard was transported on the Marion, departing 22nd Nov 1843 and arriving 3rd Apr 1844 with 302 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 501 (232) |
| 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
Suffolk Summer Assizes. James Howard, 26, Horace Collins, 28, and Samuel Collins, 29, convicted of having, on the night of the 6th of April, or early in the morning of the 7th, with others, feloniously and burglariously broken and entered the warehouse of Richard Collins, of Botesdale, and stolen therefrom a quantity of sugar, the property of the said Richard Collins: each to be transported for 15 years. Ipswich Journal 12 Aug 1843. -------------------------------------------------- The following convicts were removed from the County Gaol in this town by Mr. Johnson and assistants, to the Penitentiary, Millbank, viz., William George Simpson, William Burrows, Thomas Garrod, Isaac Johnson alias Wobeley, George Folkard alias Woods, and James Brundish, for life. James Howard, Horace Collins, Samuel Collins and William Gould, for 15 years. John Gould, for 14 years. Amelia Rayner and Mary Whittaker, for 10 years, Thomas Scales, and Lydia Wright, for 7 years. Ipswich Journal, 16 Sept 1843.