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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Robert Kier was transported on the Shipley, departing 18th Jul 1818 and arriving 18th Nov 1818 with 150 passengers.
Shipley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 49 (26) |
| 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
CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE Robert Kier was put to the bar, accused of breaking into the dairy of Invermay, and taking thence two cans of salted butter and Mary M'Donald, his wife, for resetting a quantity of wearing apparel, also stolen from Invermay. Both pleaded guilty. Kier was sentenced to seven years transportation, and Mary M'Donald to six months imprisonment: Caledonian Mercury, 20 April 1818.
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 Name: Robert Kier Vessel: Shipley Convicted Date: 16 Apr 1818 Voyage Date: Jul 1818 Place of Conviction: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Sentence: 7 years. Date of Conviction: 16/04/1818 ----------------------------------------------- New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 1822 - Name: Robert Kier Event Date: 15 May 1822 Arrival year: 1818 Vessel: Shipley Event Description: On lists of convicts transported to Port Macquarie per "Lady Nelson"; listed as Keerr Comments: Per "Shipley", 1818; millwright Page: 278 2 years added to his sentence Trade or calling: Wheelwright 1823 - Name: Robert Kier Event Date: 27 May 1823 Arrival year: 1818 Vessel: Shipley Event Description: Convicted of conspiracy and sent to Port Macquarie. Petition for mitigation of sentence Comments: Per "Shipley", 1818; millwright Page: 4-5 --------------------------------------------- New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891 Name: Robert Kier Date: Oct 1833 Place: New South Wales, Australia Category: Convicts Deaths Title: Death Register, 1828-1879 Volume Number: 4/4549 Ship: Shipley. 1833. Murdered near Campbell Town, Liverpool St Luke Composite 27 February 1826 - 23 September 1838 - Buried 29 July 1833 -- Murdered in the Bush -------------------------------------------