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Transportation
Benjamin Solomons was transported on the Vittoria, departing 26th Aug 1828 and arriving 17th Jan 1829 with 160 passengers.
Vittoria (generic)References
| Primary Source | Find A Grave. The National Archives, Kew, Criminal Record Office: Habitual Criminals Registers & Misc. Papers. England & Wales Criminal Registers HO26/34, page 205. UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/4. State Records Authority NSW (Pardons: Reel No. 790, Roll No. 1250. Ancestry.com. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 482 |
| 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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Find A Grave Memorial ID: 191005013 Scone Anglican Cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191005013/benjamin-solomons Death Index: Named Benjamin Solomon, Date of Death 4 April 1879, Reg. No. 8795/1879 in Scone, NSW, parents Hannah & Solomon
Newgate Prison admission 3 March 1828: aged 18, 5/2, fresh - brown curly hair, grey eyes - born at Aldgate, Laborer Offence charged with: "Stealing from the person of James Greenaway a Handkerchief his property"
Criminal Registers: Offence Larceny from the person, aged 18 Prison Hulk ship Justitia moored at Woolwich, received 19 May 1828, aged 18, Offence Stealing from person, transported 8 August 1828 Conditional Pardon No. 48/2251 dated 15 November 1848 Year of Birth 1811 Native Place: London Trade: Laborer Height 5 feet 3 inches Complexion Dark Ruddy Hair Brown Eyes Hazel Offence Picking Pockets, trial 10 April 1828 in Middlesex, Sentence Life
no education, 18 years, Jewish, single, native of London, errand boy. Offence Picking pockets Sentence Life. Trial London 21/4/1828, no former convictions; five feet three inches; dark ruddy complexion assigned Mr Macarthur. Picked pocketsof handkerchiefs at a fundraiseing appeal for the victims of a collaps of a newly opened theatre. Ticket of Leave 1847 and conditional Pardon 1848. Turnkey at East Maitland gaol when he married Sarah. Also a storekeeper.