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John Brown was transported on the John, departing 27th Sep 1836 and arriving 7th Feb 1837 with 260 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 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 387 (196) |
| 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
*** 3 John Brown's on this voyage*** Identifier 1 - Tried Cheshire on 30/3/1836 (Stealing Rabbits). Identifier 2 - Tried York (West Riding) on 11/4/1837 - 7 years. (Ship Robbery). Identifier 3 - Tried York City on 27/2/1836 14 years. (Picking Pockets). _______________________________________________ Identifier 2 - Tried York (West Riding) on 11/4/1837 - 7 years. (Ship Robbery). Also known as William "Tinker" Brown. John Brown was listed as 22 years old on arrival. Native Place: Norfolk. John was literate, protestant, single, 5'9" tall, ruddy and freckled complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, small mole left side of neck, woman with sprig in hand inside lower right arm, two small moles inside lower left arm. 7/5/1841: Permission to marry Susannah Seymour. Married Susannah Eleanor Seymour (free immigrant per Layton 1833. Susannah had given birth to a daughter, Susannah Hannah on 3 March 1835. Children: 1848: Charles William Thurlow Brown born. Only son of William 'Tinker' Brown. (Charle's son and grandson to William 'Tinker' Brown was Robert Sylvester Brown.) By 1849, the couple had settled in North Wagga, establishing a slab and bark store, and obtaining a publican's licence for a "New Ferry Hotel" later that same year. As William 'Tinker" Brown he formed his own circus in 1855 : Brown's Royal Amphitheatre and Roman Coliseum. 28/11/1855: William "Tinker" Brown died at Beechworth in Victoria, his body was brought to Wagga Wagga for burial, then later when the new cemetery was opoened he was exhumed and reinterred in the Church of England portion of the Wagga Cemetery. Wife Susannah was buried alongside her husband. 22/12/1855 Bell's Life in Sydney: TO LET, THE CIRCUS, and Royal Roman Colosseum, the property of the late Mr William Brown, with all the paraphernalia, stud of horses, scenery, stage fittings, &c., &c., Terms, liberal. ... Immediate application is reqested to be made to Mr Riley, Union Hotel, Beechworth ; or, Mrs. William Brown, Wagga Wagga.