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Transportation
Jane Ridley was transported on the Buffalo, departing 4th May 1833 and arriving 5th Oct 1833 with 183 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 89 (46) |
| 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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"Jane Hall Ridley is my 3rd great grandmother."
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Convict Notes
True bills were found against Ralph Ridley and Jane Ridley for perjury. Newcastle Chronicle, 3 March 1832. Northumberland Summer Assizes. PERJURY. Before MR JUSTICE PARKE. RALPH RIDLEY, a person of respectable appearance, was indicted for perjury. It appeared that, the 21st of April, smuggler, named Pringle was overtaken on Blacop Moor, by the excise officers, carrying some kegs of spirits slung across his horse. The officers who were also horseback, armed with pistols and cutlasses, called upon Pringle surrender, but he refused to do so, and defended himself for some time with a stick, and struck one the officers off his horse. The other officer gave him a cut on the side of his head with his cutlass, and Pringle then rode off, having first dropped the spirits. Pringle was summoned before, the Magistrates, when the defendent swore that Pringle was miles distant at the time the officer stated they had the culprit with him, and that received the wound on the side of the head from a beam falling upon him. The prisoner made no defence, and the Jury found him Guilty. The prisoner's wife, a young woman clean and decent appearance, with lovely baby in her arms, was then placed at the bar, and evidence having been given similar to that preferred against her husband, the Jury found her Guilty. The Learned Judge sentenced them to six months imprisonment in the Newcastle house of correction, and at the expiration of that time to be transported for seven years. The female prisoner was taken away in a fainting state. Newcastle Journal, 4 Aug 1832.
1834 - Possible Death Record of Child Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, St John's Parramatta. Year 1834 No; 800 Name; Ann Ridley Abode; Parramatta When Buried; 1834, 22 Jan Age; 2 years Ships Name; Mother per Buffalo Quality or profession; Convicts Child - Factory
Husband arrived in the Colony Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 Name: Ralph Ridley Vessel: Lloyds - 19 Aug 1833 Convicted Date: 1 Aug 1832 Place of Conviction: Northumberland, England ----------------------
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. No; 551 - 33. Indent No; 93 Name; Jane Ridley Age; 33. Read & writes. Married - 2 children on board Native County; Northumberland Trade; Dressmaker Offence; Perjury Trial; 1 Aug 1832 Height; 5 ft. 2 1/4 in Complexion; Fair Hair; Sandy Brown Eyes; Hazel Remarks; HUSBAND; Ralph Ridley, convicted same time ----------------------