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Transportation
Janet Stewart was transported on the Buffalo, departing 4th May 1833 and arriving 5th Oct 1833 with 183 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
BuffaloReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 94. NSW State Archives, NSW, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1836, Series: 12212; Item: 4/4512; Page: 231. State Records Authority of NSW, Convict Registers of Conditional Pardons, 1847; Reel No.784; Roll No.1250. |
| 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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Title Trial papers relating to Duncan Stewart, Janet Stewart Name Janet Stewart Role Accused Designation wife of Duncan Stewart Crime Murder Crime Location Birnam Inn, Little Dunkeld, Perthshire Trial Date 5 October 1832 Trial Location Perth Verdict Guilty Sentence Death - hanging by public executioner Petition Remission of sentence granted at Edinburgh, 28 January 1833 (see JC8/29, f.114r). NRS Reference JC26/1832/322 Notes Husband, Duncan, found not guilty. Execution ordered at Perth on 31 October 1832.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. No; 635 - 33. Indent No; 178 Name; Janet Stewart Age; 29 Married, 2 male and 1 female child, one male child aged 5 years on board. Native County; Perth shire Trade; Laundress, all work [country] Offence; Murder Trial; 5 Oct 1832 Height; 5 ft. 0 3/4 in Complexion; Pale and freckled Hair; Brown Eyes; Grey
Date of Trial: 5th October 1832 Offence: Murder, Sentence: Life Trade or Calling: Laundress Conditional Pardon: 47/813, 18 September 1847 Marriage granted to Thomas Childerley (TOL Convict) ship Baring on 29 November 1836