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Joanna Thomas was transported on the John Renwick, departing 25th Apr 1838 and arriving 27th Aug 1838 with 173 passengers.
1842-43 Journey. THE John Renwick, with the new Colonial Secretary, J. C. Bicheno, Esq., arrived at Hobart Town the 10th instant. The John Renwick left London the 7th December, with 161 male convicts, under the care of D. Ring, Surgeon Superintendent; E. M. O'Connell, Commanding Officer; and 31 rank and file of the 99th regiment, three women, and two children. J. C. Bicheno, Esq., and F. Seymour, Esq., Assistant Colonial Secretary, passengers, with three servants. The John Renwick put into the Cape, and sailed thence on the 10th February. On the 26th, in latitude 37 ° 43* S., longitude 25 ° 40' E., she experienced a sudden gale, which rent all her sails to pieces, and carried away the cutter, from the larboard quarter. The Teetotal Advocate (Launceston) Mon 17 Apr 1843. 74 of the men were transported at the Special Commission held at Staffordshire in 1842, having been engaged in the riots in the Potteries at that time. There were 79 convict boys on board. From the Surgeon’s Report, National Archives. ADM 101/39/41842-1843.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 259 (131) |
| 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
Joanna Thomas was listed as 36 years old on arrival. Native Place: Cork City. Joanna could read, was RC, listed as a widow with 1 male and 1 female children, 5'1¾" tall, dark pale and pockpitted complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, scar inside lower right arm, scar on back of little finger of right hand, another inside third finger of left hand - sister Mary Dunbar, a prisoner, per 'Henry Wellesley'. 12/12/1843: TOL Yass - Allowed to remain in the District of Yass on the recommendation of the Campbelltown Bench. --- Cancelled 31/5/1851 - Absent from District. 27/6/1851 Sydney Gazette: Joanna Thomas, John Renwick, 49, Cork City, laundress, 5 feet I inches, dark pale and pockpitted comp., brown hair, hazel eyes, scar inside lower right arm, scar on back of little finger of right hand, another inside third finger of left hand; from Ticket of Leave, Yass, since 31st May, 1851. No other records found.
The following Criminal petition MAY apply to this person, if she is older. National Archives. HO 17/2/1761829 Apr Prisoner name: Mary Williams Thomas and Joanne Thomas. Prisoner age: Mary Williams Thomas aged 14. Joanna Thomas, her mother, aged 34. Court and date of trial: Devon Lent Assizes 1829 held at Exeter. Crime: Mary Thomas larceny. Joanna Thomas felony - receiving stolen goods. Initial sentence: Mary: seven years transportation. Joanna 14 years transportation. Annotated: Ordered to the Penitentiary April 1829. Petitioner(s): Mr Justice Gaselee. Two petitions signed by 20 people on behalf of Joanna Thomas. Joanna Thomas. Samuel Saunders of Devonport [Devon], acquaintance of Joanna. Grounds for clemency: Mary is a fit person for the penitentiary; Joanna has received a good character; Joanna admits receiving but did not know goods were stolen by her daughter; Joanna has infant children and her husband is a mariner; honest sober and industrious character of Joanna; her daughter was led astray and deceived her own mother; Saunders would reemploy her in his house but the daughter needs to be punished.
Devon Lammas Assizes. Joanna Thomas, 33, was found guilty of stealing on the ? of July instant, at Stoke Damerel, a sheet, the property of Mary Gregg, and sentenced to be transported for 14 years. North Devon Journal, 3 Aug 1837. Note: Other newspaper accounts of the time give her a variety of different ages, 33, 55, - so her age will need to be checked. --------------------------------------------------- Convict Index 1791-1873 Joanna Thomas, per John Renwick, 1838, Ticket of Leave, 43/2890. District, Yass; Tried, Devon Ass. -------------------------------------------------- THE Tickets of Leave of the undermentioned prisoners of the Crown have been cancelled for being absent from their District:— Joanna Thomas, John Renwick, absent from District; Yass Bench. NSW Govt. Gazette, 20 Jun 1851.