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Voyage
Transportation
Charles Openshaw was transported on the Katherine Stewart Forbes, departing 21st Feb 1832 and arriving 16th Jul 1832 with 223 passengers.
Katherine Stewart Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 275 (138) |
| 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
1846, 9 February: Charles Openshaw [called Openshare] appeared in the Launceston Court of Petty Sessions on a charge of having stolen a plant called a white moss rose and other plants to the value of 30 shillings from the garden of John Shine. The charge was dismissed (see Tasmania, Australia, Insolvency and Petty Sessions, 1829-1902; Launceston Petty Sessions 1845-1846).
1832: On arrival in VDL, Charles Openshaw, a widower with 2 children, was listed as 44 years old, a labourer and bleacher (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-10$init=CON18-1-10p39). He was granted a Ticket of Leave on 24 January 1839; recommended for a Conditional Pardon in 1843 and was approved for same in January 1845. He received his Free Certificate No.1101 in 1845 (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-33$init=CON31-1-33p102).
1831, 27 December: Charles Openshaw was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow "for the crime of theft by housebreaking and assault at Blackland Mill, Paisley", the home of John Hamilton. He is described in court documents as: Charles Openshaw, 43, bleacher, of Hutchesontown, Glasgow; born at Bolton, Lancashire (see National Records of Scotland, Reference AD14/31/442).
OCCUPATION: Not "Not known", just not listed in the options. He was a bleacher - a person who bleached flour or cloth, or leather in the shoe making industry (see Dictionary of Old Occupations at https://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/).