Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Westley was transported on the Marion, departing 7th Jun 1845 and arriving 16th Sep 1845 with 299 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Libraries Tasmania. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 302 |
| 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
Co-offender: George Westley (Thomas Arbuthnot 1947)
Conduct Record: aged 32 Trade Labourer Tried 28 February1845 for Stealing bags of Wheat & other Married with 2 children Ticket of Leave 24 September 1850 Conditional Pardon approved 14 December 1852 https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-70$init=CON33-1-70P279 Indent: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-31$init=CON14-1-31P122 https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-31$init=CON14-1-31P123
1817 cannot be death, assumed it should be birth
see on Ancestry "Across the Seas to Van Diemans Land"