Robert Kay

Robert Kay, one of 214 convicts transported on the Waterloo, 11 March 1833

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Robert Kay
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1810
Occupation:	Ostler
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Street robbery
Convicted at:	York. West Riding Quarter Session
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Waterloo
Departure date:	11th March, 1833
Arrival date:	3rd August, 1833
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 215 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Source Information: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: Registers of convicts' applications to marry. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia: State Records Authority of New South Wales. Series 12212
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

B Wsilson on 7th January, 2014 wrote:

Appears on list of Ticket of Leave and Pardons for the year1841-1842

B Wsilson on 7th January, 2014 wrote:

Ticket of leave of Pardon granted in 1841-1842

B Wsilson on 8th January, 2014 wrote:

Obtained Certificate of Freedom on 11 Jan 1847. Physical description Height: 5ft 3 1/4in. Complexion: sallow and Eruptive. hair: Light brown. Eyes: Grey. Two small scars on right knee.

B Wsilson on 8th January, 2014 wrote:

Applies for permission to marry 28 June 1842.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts’ Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

Registers of convicts’ applications to marry. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia: State Records Authority of New South Wales. Series 12212

Tony Beale on 21st September, 2020 wrote:

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts’ Applications to Marry, 1826-1851
Granted 28/6/1842 Honora Heffernan 24 per ship Thomas Harrison Free (7yrs) to marry Robert Kay 32 TOL per ship Waterloo (14yrs) Rev E Smith Queenbeyan

Convict Changes History

B Wsilson on 7th January, 2014 made the following changes:

date of birth 1810, occupation, crime

B Wsilson on 7th January, 2014 made the following changes:

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B Wsilson on 8th January, 2014 made the following changes:

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B Wsilson on 8th January, 2014 made the following changes:

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Tony Beale on 21st September, 2020 made the following changes:

gender: m