John Cooper Kirshaw

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Summary

Born
Unknown
Conviction
Highway robbery
Departure
Mar 1815
Arrival
Sep 1815
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: John Cooper Kirshaw
Gender: Male
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: Lancaster Assizes
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 31st Mar 1815
Ship: Baring
Arrival: 7th Sep 1815
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

John Cooper Kirshaw was transported on the Baring, departing 31st Mar 1815 and arriving 7th Sep 1815 with 302 passengers.

BaringBaring (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 199 (101)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Gail Robyn Newman avatar
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on 26th May 2025

Letter Dated: 1815, Sep 15; John Kershaw, Ship: Baring, Year: 1815, Convict, Trade or Calling: Convict; Liverpool NSW AUS; Original Remarks: On list of convicts disembarked from the 'Baring' and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution.

Maureen Withey avatar
343
on 18th August 2021

LANCASTER ASSIZES. In addition to the three prisoners mentioned in our last to have received sentence of Death, at our Assizes, no less than fifteen others have been since convicted, and condemned, viz. John Cooper Kershaw, John Radcliffe, and Allen Robinson, for highway robberies. Lancaster Gazette, 10 Sep 1814.