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Transportation
George Langridge was transported on the Canton, departing 20th Sep 1839 and arriving 12th Jan 1840 with 241 passengers.
Canton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 96 |
| 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
18530609 Death of baby Elvina at Sorell – scarlet fever https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-22/RGD35-1-22P84
5/8/1838 Bell's Weekly Messenger London, England: Thomas Funnell and Edward Elliott, were indicted, charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Pitt, at Ticehurst and stealing therein 1200 yards of printed cotton and other articles ; and George Langridge was indicted for feloniously receiving the same, knowing them to be the property of the said William Pitt. .....Evidence was produced to show that Langridge had been a party to the robbery. Guilty. Edward Elliott was also on board the Canton - no ship found for Thomas Funnell. George Langridge was 25 years old on arrival, 5'9" tall, ruddy complexion, brown hair, reddish wiskers, grey eyes, single. 8/8/1846: TOL 16/3/1847: Recommended for a CP 16/1/1849: CP 24/4/1851: Married Jane Horton, of full age, at the Independent Chapel, Brisbane Street, Hobart. 28/6/1851: Elvina Langridge born at Spring Bay, mother: Jane Duncomb??. 5/8/1856: The Tasmanian Daily News, Hobart: RICHMOND. (From a Correspondent.) 4th August, 1856. A murder of a most revolting character was perpetrated in this district on Saturday afternoon last. A passholder named George Langridge appeared at the police office at eight o;clock in the evening of that day, and reported that his wife was lying dead on the Sorell Road. As he could give no account of the cause of her death upon being closely questioned, and from the circumstance of both of them having left the district in not very friendly terms, the suspicion of the police was aroused, and they detained him in custody. On examining the body marks of external violence were discovered about her neck, of such a character as to leave no room for doubt that her death had been caused by strangulation, the husband as it was suspected having been the perpetrator of this most unnatural deed. 19/9/1856: George Langridge was executed for the murder of his wife. 22/9/1856 The Hobarton Mercury: Execution.-On Friday last the extreme penalty of the law was carried into effect within the precincts of the gaol upon the bodies of George Langridge and John O'Neill who had been convicted - the former for the murder of his wife, and the latter for an assault under arms, at the last sittings of the Supreme Court. The Reverend Mr Miller had been indefatiguable in his attendance upon Langridge since his conviction; and it is gratifying to know, if anything relating to so painful a subject can be so - that the unhappy man deeply felt the awful position in which his crimes had placed him; and showed a deep interest in the untiring solicitude evinced by his religious instructor, for his eternal welfare O'Neill was a young man of only 26 years of age. He was attended by the Reverend Mr Irwin and the Reverend Mr Drew. The body of Langridge was, subsequently, handed over for dissection.