Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Alexander Ritchie was transported on the Lord Petre, departing 3rd Jul 1843 and arriving 15th Oct 1843 with 238 passengers.
Lord Petre (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 362. Tasmanian Archives - convict records. |
| 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
Free Certificate: 31 December 1852. Marriage: There is a record of marriage for an Alexander Wood RITCHIE on 7 Aug 1864 at Port Sorell district, Tasmania. Alexander, aged 41 yrs, bachelor, a Ferry man to Esther WILLIAMS, aged 21 yrs, house servant, spinster at the dwelling house of Alexander Ritchie, River Forth in the district of Port Sorell. Congregational Church. (ref. 37/1/23 no. 631). Note: Esther Williams is indexed as "Easter Williams" whilst there is no sourced reference that this is the same Alexander Ritchie, above convict, his second name being "Wood" may be the link.
Alexander RITCHIE (alias Alexander WOODS) was convicted at Glasgow, Scotland for stealing clothes. Previous convictions. 10 yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia per the ship 'Lord Petre' arriving there 15 Oct 1843. Aged 19 yrs; a chimney sweep, 5'5 1/2" height; can read & write, Protestant. Native place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland. Father - Charles Mother - Eleanor Brothers - William, Charles & James (ref. for above family inf., as stated on Convict records. Not clear why he had the alias name of "Woods".) Further charge in the Colony of VDL: 6 Oct 1864 at Launceston, Tasmania - malicious wounding. 1 yr imprisonment, at House of Correction, Launceston. (ref. 37/1/10 pg 5501)