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Transportation
Henry Spur was transported on the Isabella, departing 11th Jul 1833 and arriving 14th Nov 1833 with 299 passengers.
The Isabella was built in London in 1818. She was owned by William Wiseman, Patrick Chalmers and James Wallace. The Isabella transported convicts to Australia in 1818 (NSW), 1822 (NSW), 1823 (NSW), 1832 (NSW), 1833 (VDL) and 1842 (VDL).
Isabella (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 174 |
| 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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"Henry Spurr was my 2nd great grandfather"
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Convict Notes
YORK ASSIZES —MARCH 4. John Pickles was charged with sacrilege. The prisoner was indicted at the last assizes, together with two others of the names of Spurr and Fawcett. The two latter were tried then and convicted, but Pickles escaped apprehension until after those assizes, but having been since taken into custody, he was now tried for the offence. It appeared that on the 20th of August last the church of South Kirby, in the West Riding, was feloniously entered by means of a large hedge stake having been put beneath the great doors, and the doors thereby raised up so as to slip the bolt of the lock over the fastening, which was a staple, open at the top. The thieves had broken open a chest, and taken from it fifteen bottles of sacramental wine, a pewter flagon and the silver top of a sacra- mental cup, besides a smaller box within the large one, containing some of the records of the parish, and which was found the next morning in a close near the place. On the morning of the 21st of August three men were seen by the gamekeeper of a Mr. Hardy at the distance of about twelve miles from South Kirby, and suspecting them to be poachers he followed them. The gamekeeper called a farming man, who was in a field they were passing through, on which one of them said to Pickles, D— n him, give him it, where- upon the Prisoner pulled a short crowbar from under his coat, and, stepping back to the gamekeeper, threatened to knock his brains out if he followed them any further. The two Prisoners before convicted were seen to go into a plantation. They were both taken, and upon searching the place several bottles of wine, the pewter flagon, and the top of the silver cup, were found. The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty, and he received sentence of transportation for life. Morning Post, 8 March 1833. ( John Pickles was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, 1833)
CON18-1-9 Image 41 Name; Henry Spurr Trade; Carter, aged 22 years old. Native Place; Wakefield Status; Married - 2 children at Native Place. Wife; Ann 1841 - Recommeded to the Queen for a C.P.
Yorkshire Summer Assizes. SACRILEGE. JOHN FAWCETT and HENRY SPURR, were indicted for having, along with one John Pickles, on the night of the 20th of August last, broke and entered Ihe parish church of South Kirkby, near Hemsworth, in the West Riding, and feloniously and sacrilegiously stolen silver flagan, a silver lid belonging the sacramental cup, and eight bottles of wine. Guilty. Death recorded. Leeds Intelligencer, 6 Sep 1832. Convicts.—On Saturday, the following Convicts left York Castle, to be delivered on board the Hulks at Chatham, to undergo their respective sentences of transportation :—Thomas Watson, Joseph Lister, William Bartrim, John Whittam, Thomas Walker, James Lindley, Joseph Tatham, Gideon Fearnley, John Ownas. James Macdonaught, William Lawson John Hinchliffe, Henry Aldred, John Boraugh, John Fawcett, and Henry Spurr, to be transported for life. Thomas Hallewell, and James Arrundale, each for the term seven years. Yorkshire Gazette, 8 Dec 1832.