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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
George Smallcombe was transported on the Barossa, departing 9th May 1844 and arriving 5th Sep 1844 with 322 passengers.
Barossa (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 87 (45) |
| 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
Morning Post London, England 6 Jan 1844: PLYMOUTH, Jan. 4.__Last evening about eight o'clock, three persons, a man and two women, were apprehended at a house in Cambridge-lane, in this town, charged with having been concerned in the burglary early that morning on the premises of Mr. R. Hicks wine and spirit merchant, in Bilbury-street, Plymouth, when 65l 16s. was carried off, an account of which was sent you yesterday. These persons gave their names as George Smallcombe, Caroline Smallcombe, his wife, and Caroline Bannister ; and in the room in which they were taken there was found by the police, among other things, a carpet bag, apparently nearly new, containing twenty-four skeleton keys and picklocks. Samuel Griffiths and William Jones were later charged along with them. - William Jones, George Smallcombe and Samuel Griffiths were sentenced to 15 years transportation. All were on board the 'Barossa'. George Smallcombe was listed as 22 years old on arrival. Place of Birth: near devizes, Wiltshire. George was 5'7" tall, illiterate, fresh complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, small scar on left eyebrow, several small scars on neck and breast, single, protestant. Occupation: Rough Mason. "I lived with Caroline Johns 2 years ; she came to gaol with me; was tried and acquitted for the same offence. Mother: Sarah Brothers: James, Stephen, at Bristol. 26/12/1848: Hospital. 9/1/1849: Lunatic Asylum. 5/3/1862: In Lunatic Asylum, New Norfolk. 20/1/1885: Health & Welfare: George Smallcombe, aged 62 - Received from the Hospital for the Insane, New Norfolk, under the Government order of detention. 4/2/1885: Admtted into the New Norfolk Institution from the General Hospital, Hobart, under medical certification. Is paralyzed on right side and has a deformed foot on left leg from an injury received 40 years ago, he says, a cart wheel having crushed the foot on the instep of which is apparently an incurrable sore. 11/2/1885: In bed complaining of cold, and pain in injured limb. 15/2/1885: Is unable to get up. 18/2/1885: Remained in an unconscious state, gradually sinking and died this morning of brain disease - Serons Apoplexy.