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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Page was transported on the Strathfieldsaye, departing 11th Feb 1836 and arriving 15th Jun 1836 with 272 passengers.
Strathfieldsaye (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 237 (121) |
| 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
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/5/48[1836] Prisoner name: Thomas Page. Prisoner age: 19. Court and date of trial: Essex Quarter Sessions (adjourned) December 1835. Crime: Horse stealing. Initial sentence: Transportation for life. Gaoler's report: Character bad. Annotated: Nil. Petitioner(s): Martin Page of Chelmsford [Essex] (the prisoner's father), undersigned by Thomas Neal, Keeper of the Convict Gaol, Chelmsford, and [S H Lewis], Chaplain. Grounds for clemency: The prisoner's father is losing his eyesight; the prisoner has six young brothers and sisters and without his support the family will be utterly destitute; prisoner led astray by the other two older men charged with him; pleaded guilty to show remorse; some property returned to owners; he did not try to escape from gaol when the other two attempted to; good conduct in gaol. Additional Information: Ordered to Leviathan hulk. Prisoner tried with John Remington and John Wicker. -------------------------------------------------- There were eight true bills returned by the Grand against the parties; on the first indictment being which charged John Wicker, Remington, and Page with stealing a horse from William Martin, Boreham, John Wicker said, wished to observe, his father knew nothing whatever about the robberies “I,” said he, am guilty of what you have now reading, but my father knew nothing about the springs. Page also pleaded guilty—Remington pleaded not guilty. The second indictment charged the same three with stealing mare from William Drake, - and the third with stealing a mare from John Thornton : to both these they pleaded not guilty.—The fourth with stealing mare from George Barnard—the fifth with stealing a cart from John Ambrose—the sixth stealing set of harness from Philip Aldridge: to all these Page pleaded guilty, and the others not guilty.—The seventh charged Thos. Wicker and the other three with stealing a gelding from William Leech; John Wicker pleaded guilty, and the others not guilty.—The eighth charged Thos. Wicker with stealing ... Essex Herald, 8 Dec 1835.
125866 Page Thomas - Strathfieldsaye 1836. 1836 5 October Williams River GG. Apprehended after absconding from Crawford Logan Brown. 13345 Page Thomas - Strathfieldsaye 1836. 1844 26 October Dungog MM. Obtained ticket of leave.
On 27/10/1847 Thomas was granted permission to marry Ellen Hazelgrove aged 23 who had arrived in the colony free. They married on 29/10/1847. No children were born of this union. Thomas was pardoned on 15/12/1847.