Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Job Welch was transported on the Charles Kerr, departing 6th Jun 1837 and arriving 9th Oct 1837 with 250 passengers.
The Charles Kerr was built in Sunderland in 1826, 463 tons. The ship 'Charles Kerr' was also commissioned as an immigrant transport to bring mainly female persons to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1835 - these women were NOT convicts.
Charles KerrReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 77 (40) Registration district Sydney, St James' State New South Wales Country Australia VOL REF V18382354 22 Find My Past |
| 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
Job wasn't baptised until 9 Jul 1815 in Kemble with his siblings. His date of birth is taken from his convict records. He was married on 27 May 1830 in Kemble, Gloucestershire to Hannah Summers. They had 4 children - Emma (1830) Eliza (1832) William (1834) and Maria (1836). In Jan 1837 following his sentence,he was sent from Fisherton Gaol to the York prison hulk ship in Gosport where he remained until his deportation on 6 June 1837. During the journey, he was put on the sick list on 18 July 1837 suffering fromn pleurodynia and was discharged as fit on 8 Aug 1837. He arrived in Port Jackson on 9 Oct 1837 and died in hospital on 11 Feb 1838 in Sydney.