Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Withers 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 75 (39) |
| 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
Absconded. Joseph Withers, 40, Charles Kerr, 1837, Gloucestershire, labourer, 5 feet 8 inches, sallow and freckled comp, dark sandy mixed with grey hair, brown eyes, sandy whiskers, brown natural mark tipper part of breast, breast hairy, scar betwixt the forefinger and thumb of left hand, from assignee, Mr. Thomas Cook, Dungog, since 2nd September, 1842. NSW Govt Gazette, 6 Aug 1847.
Somerset Eastern Sessions. The Michaelmas adjourned Session for the Division of the County of Somerset was held el Monday last, and ended Thursday night. the following are the sentences of the prisoners. Transportation life: Joseph Withers, stealing black mare, the property Thos. Hock ; ... Sherborne Mercury, 31 Oct 1836