Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Robert Johnson was transported on the Caledonia, departing 19th Jun 1822 and arriving 6th Nov 1822 with 150 passengers.
Ship Name: Caledonia (1) Rig Type: S. Built: Sunderland Build Year: 1815 Size (tons): 412 Voyage Details Source. Claim a Convict website. http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/shipDetails.php?shipId=186
Caledonia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 172. Newspapers online: www.trove.nla.gov.au |
| 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
"Robert Johnson and Janet Stewart are my 3rd GGparents. They married 22/2/1836"
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Convict Notes
1836 - MARRIAGE PERMISSIONS Johnson, Robert. Ship/free: Caledonia. Marriage to: Stewart, Janet. Ship/free: Hydery Permission date: 20 Jan 1836 1836 - MARRIAGE; Johnson, Robert [T.L.]. Spouse: Stewart, Jessie. [Convict] Date of marriage: 22 Feb 1836 Registered: Hobart
Convicted 23rd March 1822 at Lancaster & departed from Portsmouth 19/6/1822 and arrived Van Diemans Land 19/2/1823 onboard The Caledonia. He had been sentenced to life for highway robbery. He was described as being 5ft 7 1/2 inches tall with brown hair and grey eyes. Convicts were not kept in prison ut put to work on public works. He was able to marry Jessie (Janet) Stewart and was granted a pardon in 1837 and worked as a sawyer, he died of a stroke in 1880
Colonial Times 16 Nov 1831: "Robert Johnston, 5 ft. 7 in., dark brown hair, grey eyes, 31, a cotton spinner, tried at Manchester in March 1822, sentence life, per Caledonia, native of Salford, scar right side mouth,scar back left wrist - Absconded from the public works, Bridgewater, Oct. 30 1831.- Reward £2: