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Transportation
John Jinks was transported on the Anna Maria, departing 6th Mar 1848 and arriving 7th Aug 1848 with 190 passengers.
Built 1836 in Calcutta. Wood barque of 421 Tons. Master Edward Smith. Sailed from England 1848 with 190 men from Pentonville prison under the care of surgeon Dr Robert Stevenson, . Twenty seven prisoners deemed to fall into "second class" were disembarked in Hobart and granted tickets of leave on landing and the remainder were disembarked at Geelong with conditional pardons. Sailed from Woolwich on 6 October 1851 under surgeon W. McCrae with 196 female convicts, landing on 26 January 1852.
Anna Maria (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 271 (137); Brisbane Times 8 April 1897 |
| 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
John Jinks was the son of Thomas Jinks and Ann Stevens, born in London. He was convicted of stealing a pair of bellows in 1846. After his time in Pentonville prison, he was assessed as a second class convict and sent to Hobart. On landing, he was granted a ticket of leave. Jinks married Ann Mobley in 1857. They had two sons, John and Thomas. They moved to Melbourne, where Jinks worked as a dealer and was prominent in the Albert Park rowing and football clubs. John and Ann Jinks moved to Brisbane in the 1880s and spent the rest of their lives there. Jinks was an athletics trainer and Australian Rules football coach and was known at "The General". Jinks' death in 1894 was reported in the Queensland and Melbourne newspapers