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Transportation
Francis Unwin was transported on the Albion, departing 29th May 1828 and arriving 3rd Nov 1828 with 192 passengers.
Albion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 406 |
| 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
ADM 101/1/9. Medical Journal of the Albion, male convict ship from 9 May to 14 November, by Thomas Logan, surgeon and superintendent, Folios 2-3: 19 May 1828; twelve convicts were received from the hulk Ganymede, and sixty from the Justitia, they had all been examined previously to their coming on board the Albion. They all appeared to be healthy, were clean in their persons and dressed in a new suit of convict's clothes. Folio 3: case no 18; Francis Unwin, convict, taken ill off the Nore; sick or hurt, catarrhus; Put on sick list 22 May 1828, date of discharge unknown.
Woolwich Hulks, Justitia. HO 9/4_4 (page44/51) Received 19 April 1828 (Oxford) Fras. Unwin, age 20, Stg 16 lb bacon, Tried Oxford City, 14 April 1828, Life, Transp 19 May 1828.
Oxford University and City Herald Oxfordshire, England 19 Apr 1828: Francis Unwin, young in years, but an old offender, for stealing 18 pounds of bacon from the shop of Mr. Richardson, a grocer residing in Magdalen Parish on the 16th of January last. Mr. Tomes opened the case. Mr. Jacob produced and read the certificate of prisoner's former conviction, for stealing a printed book and a fishing-rod, the property of John Burton. Mr. Richardson deposed that the evening before the robbery he fastened his shop door at ten o'clock, at which time the bacon was there. He again went into the shop at two in the morning and at that time also the property was safe. The passage door was then locked. He came down in the morning at six o'clock and found that the shop had been broken into and entered by a hole made in the wall of the passage, about a yard from the passage door. The shop door was unbared and unlocked, and left upon the latch only. Thomas Cooke, a city constable, deposed that he saw Unwin on the morning of the 16th of January, near the Hammell, in St. Thomas's, with something under his arm, in a red handkerchief. When Unwin saw the witness, whom he knew to be a constable, he immediately disappeared for about half a minute. He went into Cox's passage, and when he came from it he had no bundle. Witness went into the passage, and found a bundle under some stairs, which was a large piece of bacon in a handkerchief similar to the one he saw under Unwin's arm. The bacon was produced and sworn to by Mr. Richardson. He knew it to be the same bacon he had lost, by two cuts he himself had made in it. After the Recorder had summed up the evidence, the Jury consulted together a fe minutes, and found a verdict of Guilty.__Sentence__Transportation for Life. Francis Unwin was listed as 21 years old on arrival. Native Place: Oxford. Occupation: Painter & Glazier. Francis was literate, single, 5'4" tall, sallow complexion, brown hair and eyes, FU on right arm. Assigned to Geo. Wyndham, Hunter River. 28/12/1836: TOL Maitland. 1841: TOL Campbelltown. 17/4/1845: TOL Passport, Campbelltown Bench - Allowed to proceed to the Pages's River in the service of Mr. William Marshall for 12 months. 1846: Recommended for a CP 30/9/1847: CP No Date: Permission to marry Elizabeth Mace (John Renwick 1838) - he was 32 and Elizabeth was 22 and on bond. No marriage found on the NSW BDM (for either). From: https://www.jenwilletts.com/searchaction.php 14/4/1841: Mace (Unwin) First Name: Elizabeth Ship: John Renwick 1838 Date: 14 April 1841 Place: Newcastle gaol Source: Gaol Entrance Books. State Archives NSW; Item: 2/2009; Roll: 757 (Ancestry) Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. Returned to government service. No offence. Mace (Unwin) First Name: Elizabeth Ship: John Renwick 1838 Date: 18 May 1841 Place: Newcastle gaol Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book - State Archives NSW; Roll: 757 Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol on 18 May on a charge of disorderly conduct. Returned to government service. Mace (Unwin) First Name: Elizabeth Ship: John Renwick 1838 Date: 21 May 1841 Place: Newcastle gaol Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book - State Archives NSW; Roll: 757 Details: Sentenced to 3 weeks in the cells for assaulting the Turnkey of the gaol. Mace First Name: Elizabeth Ship: John Renwick 1838 Date: 9 October 1841 Place: Newcastle gaol Source: Gaol Entrance Books. State Archives NSW; Item: 2/2009; Roll: 757 (Ancestry) Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. Sentenced to 14 days in the cells for drunkenness. (So presumably they married). No children listed. No date of death found.