Name: | James Waddle |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | - |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 14 years
Crime: | Uttering forged notes |
Convicted at: | Lancaster Assizes |
Sentence term: | 14 years |
Ship: | Baring |
Departure date: | December, 1818 |
Arrival date: | 26th June, 1819 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 301 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 126. http://www.jenwilletts.com |
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 Project. |
Carol Axton-Thompson on 9th November, 2014 wrote:
James Waddle and his wife Letitia Waddle were convicted of uttering forged notes. 14yr transportation sentence each. James transported on the ‘Baring’ 1818 to New South Wales, Australia. (Letitia on the ‘Lord Wellington’ 1820. Their child accompanied Letetia (?).)
James was appointed a Constable at the Newcastle Penal Settlement. He applied to have his wife and child join him, but they did not come.
James later transferred to Port Macquarie penal settlement.
Carol Axton-Thompson on 9th November, 2014 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 126. http://www.jenwilletts.com (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 126), gender: m
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