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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Richard Staight was transported on the Parmelia, departing 23rd Jul 1832 and arriving 16th Nov 1832 with 200 passengers.
2 voyages carrying convict passengers - 1832 & 1833/34. Please note that the 1833/34 register of persons is not complete on this web site. Recorded as having 196 prisoners. 2 people died (of cholera prior to leaving England - John Wilson, soldier and Thomas Hopkins, convict. 2 more died during the voyage - Roger Sims and John Sullivan.
Parmelia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 375 (188) |
| 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
In 1841, Richard married Sarah McManis. Sarah was the daughter of James McManis (son of the the First Fleet Marine James McManis and the First Fleet Convict, Jane Poole, ‘Charlotte’, 1788) and his wife Lucy Bradley (daughter of the First Fleet Convict James Bradley, ‘Scarborough’, 1788 and the Third Fleet Convict, Sarah Barnes, ‘Mary Anne, 1791). The granddaughter of three convicts. Richard and Sarah had 10 children between 1832 and when he died in 1857. The were all baptised with the surname Stait.