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Voyage
Transportation
John Reilly was transported on the Robert Small, departing 1st May 1853 and arriving 19th Aug 1853 with 30 passengers.
655 ton ship built in Newcastle, UK 1835. Conveyed convicts and passengers from England to Western Australia. Also carried approx. 100 free passengers. The register of convict passengers is currently being listed but not yet complete.
Robert Small (generic)References
| Primary Source | https://www.perthdps.com/convicts/con-wa9.html --0-- https://fremantleprison.com.au |
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Convict Notes
NOTE: Year of Birth is taken from official records but day and month are not known. The latter dates have been entered as 01/01 because the site does not allow those fields to be left empty.
DEATH: John Reilly died at Cue, Western Australia, on 12 January, 1889.
OTHER -- WA CONVICT RECORD: Reilly, John; #2133; labourer, single, no children; 5'6¼" tall, black hair, dark grey eyes, oval visage, swarthy complexion, stout build; other marks -- cut on right cheek bone, slight impediment in speech (https://www.perthdps.com/convicts/con-wa9.html). --00--
FREMANTLE JAIL RECORD: REILLY, John; inmate #2133, arrived 19 Aug 1853 per Robert Small Date of Birth: 1829 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Labourer Sentence Place: Ireland Sentence Period: 7 years Ticket of Leave Date: 14 Jun 1854 Conditional Pardon Date: 24 Dec 1855 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/) --00--
From "Ireland-Australia transportation database": Last name: REILLY First name: JOHN Full name: JOHN REILLY Sex: M Age: 19 Trial place: Co. Kildare Trial date: 28/06/1851 Crime desc: Subsequent felony Sentence: Transportation 7 yrs Ship: ROBERT SMALL 00/04/1853 Document ref1: TR 11, p 76 (https://findingaids.nationalarchives.ie/). --00--
NOTE: JOHN REILLY, convict #2133, born 1829, was one of two men called John Reilly to be transported on the Robert Small. The other John, convict #2019, was born much earlier, in 1798, and died on the voyage to WA. His bio is at https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/reilly/john/149862 --000--