Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Frederick Weigh was transported on the Lady Kennaway, departing 27th Oct 1834 and arriving 13th Feb 1835 with 307 passengers.
The 'Lady Kennaway' was built in Calcutta in 1817. A large ship of 584 tons. Transported convicted prisoners to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1834, via Cork, Ireland. Other voyages, to New South Wales, in 1836 and Van Diemen's Land in 1851. Image acknowledgement to Grosvenor Prints. Painted by J.W. Huggins.
Lady KennawayReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 388 |
| 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
Prisoners Convicted at the City Sessions. A letter received from the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on Monday last, announcing that the undermentioned felons, convicted at the Sessions, and against whom sentence death was recorded, have had their sentences commuted as follows : ... and Frederick Weigh, for breaking into the premises of Mr. Walton, grocer, Northgate - fourteen years ; Wm. Wright, (an accomplice in the same offence) seven years ; Chester Chronicle, 22 Nov 1833. Removal or Convicts.—On Monday last, Richard Davies and John Handley, convicted at our last City Sessions of a highway robbery Steam Mill street; also Frederick Weigh and William Wright, for breaking into the shop of Mr. Walton, grocer, left the City gaol on their route for Woolwich. Handley is to be transported for life; Davies and Weigh, each for the term of fourteen years; but in answer to petition sent to to the Secretary State, in behalf of Wright, a letter has been received from Lord Melbourne stating that would be allowed to his time (seven years,) in the Penitentiary. Chester Chronicle, 13 Dec 1833.
OCCUPATION: Painter (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-10$init=CON18-1-10p142). NATIVE PLACE: Chester (as above).