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Alice Tipping 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 261 (132) |
| 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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Account of the case- rewritten from Lancaster Gazette 24/03/1838 and 14/04/1838. As well as convict indents and gaol description Bathurst 1847, 1848 and Sydney Gaol 1850. St Johns marriage ceremonies 1845. Walking home from work one evening in March 1838, 16 year old clerk William Nevatt was stopped in Market Street by Alice. She grabbed him by the collar before snatching his watch, a gift from his grandfather from his pocket. After a brief struggle Alice ran and William chased her around the corner into Sun St where he tried to get his watch back. William was then threatened with being stabbed through if he persisted into trying to retrieve the watch from her. Crying out 'thief' the police came out from the police station on the street and arrested Alice. . Trying to say that the watch was payment for an 'improper' transaction did not impress anyone, especially a watch personalised with the initials of both William and his grandfather. Alice found herself at the bar of the castle's Assizes the following week. She was reminded of her previous convictions and that she had escaped a death sentence thanks to recent changes in the law but would still be sent off to Australia for ten years. Three weeks later she left Lancaster Castle in the company of two male prisoners, also bound for the hulks. . Just one calendar month after the events on Sun St, Alice was aboard the ship John Renwick on a four month voyage to Sydney. Alice worked as a laundress, receiving her ticket of leave in 1845 at Parramatta and married the same year to a fellow convict, Charles Nelson at St John's. Despite this, she still repeatedly ended up back behind bars between 1847 and 1850 for drunkenness and vagrancy ending with a final four month sentence with hard labour for theft. She was described as 5ft 1 tall with a ruddy complexion, brown hair, grey eyes and a scar on her right cheek. She was tattooed with a man and a flag on her left arm.
1812 - Date of Birth Married Charles Nelson - Shipley 1838 - Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 NAME: Alice Tipping. AGE: 26 DATE OF CONVICTION: 17/03/1838. PLACE OF CONVICTION: Lancaster ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: 1812 VESSEL: John Renwick PORT OF ARRIVAL: New South Wales DATE OF ARRIVAL: 31/08/1838 Occupation: House servant/laundress 1838 - Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 Name: Alice Tipping. Vessel: John Renwick Convicted Date: 17 Mar 1838. Voyage Date: 25 Apr 1838 Colony: New South Wales Place of Conviction: Lancaster, Lancashire, England Sentence 10 years. Lancaster Assies. 1838 - New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 Name: Alice Tipping. Vessel: John Renwick Arrival year:1838. Date of conviction: 17 Mar 1838 1840 - 15 Mar. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851. Refused 1840 Thomas Hill Age 53. Ship; Planter Residence; H,O,O,Sparling Alice Tipping. Age 29. Ship John Renwick. 10 years Bond. Appin Thomas Hill - Stated on arrival to be married with to have (5?) children New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' 1841 - 15 Mar. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851. Refused 1841 Thomas Hill 53. Planter Rev H DD Sparling Alice Tipping 29. John Renwick Appin Depositions attached are no considered as efficient .to his wife's death. 1845 - New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869 Name: Alice Tipping. Immigration Year: 1838 Ticket Date: 14 Nov 1844. Ticket Place: New South Wales, Australia Vessel: Jno Renwick No 44/2693. 14 November 1844. Prisioners No 38/265 Master of Vessel; Byron Allowed to remain in the District of Bathurst on recommendation of Parramatta Bench Dated July 1844. Altered to Parramatta 23 June 1845 per recomL by the Par: Bench R No 45/44/28 1848 - 16 May. Convict Applications to Marry. Charles Nelson. age 48. Ship. Shipley (1). Life. T of L Alice Tipping. age 32. John Renwick. 10 years. T of L Clergyman; HH Bobart - Parramatta. 1845 - 25 Jun - New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 for Charles Nelson No 135. Charles Nelson of Toongabbee, Bachelor and Alice Tipping of this parish (Parramatta) Spinster. Married in this church by banns with consent of the Govener this 26th day of May in the year 1845. Charles Nelson - Signed Alice Tipping her X mark. Witness; Joseph Green. his X mark. Harriett Green. her X mark of Parramatta. 1845 - Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Alice Tipping Spouse Name: Charles Nelson Marriage Date: 1845 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Parramatta, New South Wales Registration Year: 1845 Volume Number: V B