Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
William Stokes was transported on the Charles Kerr, departing 6th Jun 1837 and arriving 9th Oct 1837 with 250 passengers.
The Charles Kerr was built in Sunderland in 1826, 463 tons. The ship 'Charles Kerr' was also commissioned as an immigrant transport to bring mainly female persons to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1835 - these women were NOT convicts.
Charles KerrReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 77 (40) |
| 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
From the New South Wales Gazette 24th February 1846 The Tickets of Leave, of the undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown, have been cancelled for the reasons stated opposite their respective names. William Stokes, Charles Kerr, Maitland ; absent from district. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230140539?searchTerm=ticket%20of%20leave%20cancelled
Absconded. Stokes William, Charles Kerr, 1837, 33, Wiltshire, butcher, 5 feet 8 ¼ inches, dark ruddy comp,, brown hair, bluish eyes, small dark mole under left jaw, scar back of right thumb, another back of right hand, brown blotch left shin, from Ticket of Leave, Maitland, since the 16th December, 1845, charged with embezzlement. NSW Govt Gazette, 9 Jan 1846.