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Voyage
Transportation
Charles Wilson was transported on the Emperor Alexander, departing 6th Apr 1833 and arriving 12th Aug 1833 with 210 passengers.
The Emperor Alexander ship was built at Chepstow, Wales in 1814. 366 tons. 1833 voyage from Sheerness to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) with 210 male convicts (2 deaths) from Britain. 124 days voyage.
Emperor Alexander (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 40 Old Bailey online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18320906-8 Digital panopticon https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt18320906-8-defend178 Petition file HO 17/59/164 UK National Archives Discovery Advanced Search |
| 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
Family details from petition file "elderly parents, wife and 5 young children will suffer disgrace, robbery committed 3 years ago but prisoner only arrested this July even though lived nearby all that time, only evidence was that stolen goods found in his possession". Petitions from his wife Ann Wilson and from 25 others.
Prison was tried on two counts of house-breaking from 1830 and found guilty on both, though he had escaped arrest at the time.