Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
George Lewis was transported on the York, departing 3rd Sep 1830 and arriving 7th Feb 1831 with 200 passengers.
The York I was built in Southwick, West Sussex, England in 1819. 429 tons. Three voyages to Australia with transport convicts - 1829, 1830 and 1832. The York II was built in Sunderland, England in 1854. 940 ton ship. Transported convicts and pensioner guards and families to Western Australia in 1862.
York (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 483 (244) New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records |
| 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
"George Lewis is my 3rd Great Grandfather"
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Convict Notes
1833 - 12 February. Petition to be re-united with Family Wife; Mary Mansfield Children Sarah. Age; 19 Thomas. Age; 13 Edmond. Age; 11 Eliza. Age; 9 George. Age; 6 Charlotte. Age; 4 Approved; 16 January 1834
Gloucester Sessions commenced on Tuesday, and a very full bench of Magistrates attended on the occasion. … Joseph Cripps, esq; M.P. taking the chair in the Crown Court, where there were 79 prisoners for trial. At the breaking up of the Court the following were the sentences:— Transportation.— —Seven Years. ... and George Lewis for obtaining by false pretences, a quantity of coals, from T. Dowell, Berkeley. Bath Chronicle, 22 Jul 1830.