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Transportation
John Wardrope was transported on the Maitland, departing 22nd Jun 1846 and arriving 27th Oct 1846 with 299 passengers.
Built 1810 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 648 Tons.
Maitland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 105 (54) |
| 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
The Maitland, convict ship, with a number of Parkhurst boys onboard, sailed from Portsmouth for Van Diemen's Land on the 29th June. The Parkhurst beauties are said to be for Port Phillip. Melbourne Argus, 27 Oct 1846. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Housebreaking and Theft in Hamilton—During the three weeks the shops of Mr. Thomas Cooper, candleser and tobacconist, Bailie Patrick, grocer and spirit. dealer, Mr. Smith, upholsterer, and Messrs. John Naismith & Son, tanners in Hamilton, have been broken into, and numerous articles, besides money, carried off. These robberies were discovered to have been committed by a gang of seven thieves, three of whom, who are suspected of concerned in the robbery of Mr. Cooper's shop which took place on Tuesday morning, were apprehended in Glasgow in the forenoon. Their names are Daniel M‘Donald, John Leslie, and John Wardrop; and the whole of them had lots of copper money, with a great many farthings, besides parcels of snuff and tobacco, and other stolen articles, in their possession. Glasgow Courier, 25 April 1844. List of Indictments. … John Wardrope, John Leslie, and Daniel Macdonald, theft by housebreaking, &c. … Glasgow Herald, 30 Sept 1844. GLASGOW CIRCUIT COURT. The Court resumed this at 9 o'clock, what the following cases were proceeded with, viz. : JOHN WARDROP, JOHN LESLIE, and DANIEL McDONALD, who were accused of theft by housebreaking, and from locking places, with the usual aggravation of habit and repute and previous conviction of theft. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. After a rather lengthened trial they were found guilty, and sentenced, Wardrop and Leslie to 7 years' transportation, McDonald. who is a young boy, to 6 months' imprisonment in the gaol of Hamilton. Glasgow Chronicle, 9 Oct 1844.
I did have records of his death but passed them on, He stole a bottle of whiskey from his employer. My grandmother was a Wardrop from Glasgow Scotland and this man was related to her. My mother found it intriguing as she loved her whiskey lol