Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Soulsbury was transported on the Minstrel, departing 5th Apr 1825 and arriving 22nd Aug 1825 with 121 passengers.
Minstrel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Record ID 3268 Bedfordshire Gaol Register (Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service); Australian Cemetery Index; Ancestry.com.au; Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 245 (124) |
| 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
Children NSW Birth Registations. Phoebe Soulsbury, Reg No 127/1836, V 1836127, Father Thomas Soulsbury, mother Charlotte. Phoebe, Salisbury, Reg No 1322/1836. Father Thomas, mother Charlotte. William Salisbury, Reg No 240/1838, Father Thomas, mother Charlotte. Joseph Salisbury, Reg No 2986/1847, Father Thomas, mother Charlotte.
NSW 1828 Census Index. Thos. Salisbury, age 30, G.S. per Minstrel (2), 1824, 7 years, protestant, servant, Patk. Keefe, Kent St, Sydney. --------------------------------------------------- The index also lists Patrick Keefe and his wife: Patrick Keefe, age 27, F.S. Mary, 1819, 7 years, catholic, Labourer, Kent St Sydney. Margt. Keefe, age 25, G.S. per Woodman, 1823, 7 years, catholic. It looks as though Thomas was a lodger with the Keefes. -------------------------------------------------- Permission to Marry. Thomas Soulsbury, per Minstrel, age 33, 7 years, Free; and Charlotte Camp, per Burrell, age 22, 7 years, Bond. Request made at Port Macquarie, 27 Oct 1836, by Revd. J. Cross. NSW Convict Index. Charlotte Camp, per Burrell, Certificate of Freedom, No 43/0687, 1 May 1843, Wife of Thomas Soulsbury, per Minstrel (1825), fbs (as stated on her CF)
Bedfordshire Gaol register shows that Thomas Solesbury was "Fully committed for Trial on 17th AUgust (1824) for stealing in a Dwelling House". On his certificate of freedom his crime is recorded as "stealing from a boy"
The wife of Thomas Soulsbury was Charlotte Camp. She was also convicted, and transported to Australia on the convict ship "Burrell" departing from England in 1832. She received her Certificate of Freedom on May 1st, 1843. Thomas Soulsbury received his Certificate of Freedom on July 11, 1833.