Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
John Wedgbury was transported on the Bangalore, departing 1st Jan 1850 and arriving 30th Apr 1850 with 302 passengers.
Built 1843 at Jersey. Wood barque of 877 Tons.
Bangalore (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Issue No.25, Page 228. - 21 June 1865. Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), various 1851 - 1879. |
| 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
[New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), [Issue No.96] Page 1375. - 22 August 1851]
Prin. Sup, of Convicts' Office Sydney, 22nd August, 1851. THE undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown, holding tickets of leave, being absent from their Districts, are illegally at large. Their tickets of leave are cancelled:— John Wedgbury, Bangalore, 30, Worcester, laborer, 5 feet 4 3?4 inches, dark ruddy and pock pitted comp., light brown hair, grey eyes, scar on centre of forehead, two scars over left and right eyebrows, round scar inside lower part of right arm, several scars on left arm, mark of a bile back of left wrist, a large round scar below left knee; from Ticket of Leave, Moreton Bay, since June, 1851. [New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), [Issue No.96] Page 1375. - 22 August 1851]
Information is uncertain though appears reasonable for 'John Wedgebury'. b. C1823, estimated from age stated in hulk record 23-Aug-1851: TOL Moreton Bay cancelled for absent from district. 23-Jun-1859 to 14-Feb-1879: (19) newspaper articles involving court appearances for charges of drunkenness, assault, summons for non-appearance, obscene language, disorderly character, breach Master and Servant Act, all located in Maitland, NSW. d. 1879 NSW registry index, age on death stated as 56 years.