Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Pead was transported on the Marion, departing 7th Jun 1845 and arriving 16th Sep 1845 with 299 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 309 (156). Tasmanian Archives - convict records. Trove newspapers online http://trove.nla.gov.au/ |
| 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
James PEAD was convicted at Birmingham on 7 March 1845 for stealing a quantity of beans from the Gloucester & Birmingham Railway Co. 1st offence. 7yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the ship 'Marion' arriving 16 Sept 1845. Married man - wife Martha, 4 children. Aged 49yrs; clerk/grocer; Protestant; 5'6 1/4";ruddy complexion; grey hair, bald; Hazel eyes; can read & write. Native Place: Culham, Oxfordshire. Father: William Brothers: Josiah, Benjamin, Stephen, Adam. Sisters: Priscilla, Ann. Assignments in the Colony of VDL. 12mths Probation Period. Stationed at Darlington, Maria Island. 3 April 1849: Ticket of Leave granted. 25 March 1850: Conditional Pardon approved. 8 March 1852: Free Certificate 22 March 1862: Died, of heart attack, at the 'Duke & Clarence', Liverpool St. Hobart. Aged 60, late a grocer in the employ of Mr. Britten.