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Joseph Surrage was transported on the Caledonia, departing 19th Jun 1822 and arriving 6th Nov 1822 with 150 passengers.
Ship Name: Caledonia (1) Rig Type: S. Built: Sunderland Build Year: 1815 Size (tons): 412 Voyage Details Source. Claim a Convict website. http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/shipDetails.php?shipId=186
Caledonia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 171 (86) |
| 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
Absconded. Joseph Surrage, 453, 5 ft. 2½ in. light brown hair, brown eyes, 25 years of age, a shoemaker, tried at Gloucester April 3, 1822, sentence life, native place Bristol, arrived in this Colony per Caledonia 1822, small scar over right eye, and scar under the chin Absconded from the service of Mr. Hammond, Coal River.— £2 Reward. Hobart Town Gazette, 4 Mar 1825.
Note: The date of the previous Notice was 1829, not 1820.
Colonial Secretary's Office Sydney, 26th Sept, 1820. TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS REWARD- AND A TICKET OF LEAVE. WHEREAS the five Felons undermentioned, Runaways from Nos. 8 and 9 Iron Gangs, stand charged with the WILFUL MURDER of MATHEW BURN, late Assigned Servant to Mrs. Badgery, in the County of St. Vincent's ;Notice is hereby given, that a Reward of FIVE POUNDS and a TICKET OF LEAVE will be given to any Person or Persons, who shall apprehend and lodge either of the said Runaways in one of His Majesty's Gaols, viz. JOSEPH SURRIDGE, per Caledonia to Van Diemen's Land, and per Chapman to this Colony, a Shoemaker, born in Bristol, aged 29, 5 feet 3 ½ inches in height, of a ruddy complexion, brown hair, and dark brown eyes, has an anchor on his left arm, and American coat of arms, but not correct. GEORGE TOOLMAN, per Marquis of Hastings, a Ploughman, born in Aberdeenshire, aged 26, 5 feet 3 ½ inches in height, of a pale complexion, brown hair, and blue eyes, has a cut on the top of his nose. MICHAEL WELSH, per Ann and Amelia, a Ploughman, born in King's County, aged 30 years, 5 feet 6 inches in height, of a fresh pock-pitted complexion, brown hair, and hazle eyes. PATRICK BYRNE, per Ann and Amelia, a Weaver, born in Dublin, aged 25 years, 5 feet 6 inches in height, of, a fair pock-pitted complexion, flaxen hair, and grey eyes. OWEN WELSH, per Ann and Amelia, a Ploughman, born in Dublin, aged 27,5 feet 3 inches in height, of a fresh freckled complexion, brown hair, and grey eyes. By Command of His Excellency the Governor, ALEXANDER McLEAY. Sydney Gazette, 1 Oct 1829.
HO-9-4 3 page 38/52. Justitia Hulk, Woolwich. Received 16 th May 1822. Joseph Surrage, age 21, House breaking, tried at Gloucester Assizes 3 April 1822, NSW Life, Transpd. 12 June 1822.
On the 15th inst. Edw. Haynes, Henry Baker, Francis Jefferies, Joseph Holder, Joseph Surrage, John Wilmer, Benjamin Barlow, and John Stone, capitally convicted the late Gloucester Assizes, but afterwards reprieved, were removed from the County Gaol to the Hulks at Woolwich preparatory to their being transported for life to New South Wales. Bristol Mirror, 1 June 1822.
Hobart Town Gazette, 4 Mar 1825 Absconded prisoners Joseph Surrage, 453, 5 ft. 2½ in. light brown hair, brown eyes, 25 years of age, a shoemaker, tried at Gloucester April 3, 1822, sentence life, native place Bristol, arrived in this Colony per Caledonia 1822, small scar over right eye, and scar under the chin. Absconded from the service of Mr. Hammond, Coal River.—£2 Reward.