John Lifield

Level 347

Maureen Withey on 16th May 2022

John Lifield, was charged with stealing at Cheltenham, on the 12th of March from the person of Samuel Barter, a silver watch, chain, two keys, and seal, his property. The case was characteristic of the lawless and violent character of many the persons who are employed throughout the country as railway excavators, and whose presence in every neighbourhood is invariably accompanied with a serious increase in the amount of crime. ... Gloucestershire Chronicle, 13 April 1839.

Level 221

D Wong on 26th September 2018

15/4/1839 Cheltenham Journal and Gloucestershire Fashionable Weekly Gazette Gloucestershire, England: John Lifield, 43, was charged with stealing at Cheltenham, on the 12th of March, from the person of Samel Barter, a silver watch, a chain, two keys, and a seal, his property. John Lifield was working as a railway excavator. John Lifield was listed as being 49? years old (from his indent record) on arrival - Native place: Wiltshire. John was illiterate, Protestant, married, no children listed, 5'7½" tall, dark sallow complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, scar on left side of forehead, left side of nose flat, top of middle finger of left hand contracted. 1844: TOL Moreton Bay 1/9/1846: NEW SOUTH WALES – COLONIAL SECRETARY LETTERS RELATING TO MORETON BAY AND QUEENSLAND RECEIVED 1822 – 1860: Notes Re Lifield’s application for temporary use of a spring near Brisbane “Immediate” – “Herewith” Put by – 7 Sept [For approval] Letter re John Lifield & proposed licence for land at South Brisbane – has opened a spring of fresh water – requests temporary occupation – mentions Sheehan & outlay incurred – benefit to inhabitants & Notes in margin “Approved” Deputy Surveyor General. 11/7/1846: At top: “Police Magistrate Moreton Bay” Enclosing Memorial of John Lifield re temporary right to spring discovered in Township of South Brisbane at Peel Street – discusses possible well at corner of Peel Street & Stanley Quay - recommends memorial – water supplied to inhabitants of South Brisbane for past 2 months & Note in margin [Ref 46/06184] “Copy” Note No objection to John Lifield opening spring at South Brisbane & his right to dispose of water to subscribers to undertaking – land considered Government Reserve “A true copy” [Cover sheet] Copy of Note from Mr Commr Simpson Authorising John Lifield to open a Spring at South Brisbane 21 May 46. 31/7/1847 The Moreton Bay Courier, Brisbane: A petition is now in course of signature, addressed to the Bench, on behalf of John Lifield, with a view to procure for him the grant of an acre of land adjoining the township, to form a reservoir on ; this is a desideratum we have long needed, the want of pure fresh water having been severely felt here last summer prior to the flood, the inhabitants being compelled to send a long and inconvenient distance for this essential necessary......the applicant is a man of good character, and the same person who, it may be remembered, discovered a spring at South Brisbane, the profits of which, however, did not answer his expectations. No date of death found.