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Charles Wood

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Summary

Charles Wood, one of 320 convicts transported on the Clyde, 11 March 1863

Born

Jan 1831

Conviction Assault and attempted robbery

Departure Mar 1863

Arrival

May 1863

Death

Apr 1875

Personal Information

Name: Charles Wood

Aliases: Woods

Gender: Male

Born: 1st Jan 1831

Death: 11th Apr 1875

Age: 44 years

Occupation: Carman

Crime

Crime: Assault and attempted robbery

Convicted at: Central Criminal Court

Sentence term: 99

Voyage

Departed: 11th Mar 1863

Ship: Clyde

Arrival: 29th May 1863

Place of Arrival: Western Australia

Transportation

Ship: Clyde

Departed: 11th Mar, 1863

Arrived: 29th May, 1863

Passengers: 322

1838 Voyage. 237 Male Convicts. Arrived from Ireland via Cape of Good Hope

References

Primary Source	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 514
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

Contributed by William J Wood on 2nd September 2014

Great, Great, Great Grand son. Born .A. (Guildford) 1936 Father William Charles Wood

Contributed by D Wong on 3rd September 2014

Charles Wood was born 1831 in Nottingham, Kent, 1851 convicted of -Robbery with assault, given a life sentence. Convicted at Central Criminal Court on the 3 March 1857. Was a joiner by trade was also an omnibus driver- badge number 9503, also a painter and coachman. Charles was single, no children, 5’4½” tall, brown hair, grey eyes, long face, dark complexion, middling stout. 23/6/1863: TOL 13/1/1864: CP, Perth. Comments: Labourer and brickmaker. 6/11/1864: Married Margaret Sheehan In Perth. (Margaret arrived in Western Australia c1850's with her mother Mary and stepfather James Kinnaird). There were four children from this marriage: Joseph 1865 (Mary Isabel Selena Farrington) Jane Ann (Mrs James Thompson) Mary Ann (Mrs Henry Vincent) Charles 1874-1883 11/4/1875: Charles died and was buried St George's Cathedral Cemetery. Margaret then married Alfred Thomas Sutton 9.12.1876 (Perth RC) he was also a convict aboard the Clyde 1863. Child : Alfred Bradshaw b 1877

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Revisions

Contributor	Date	Changes
D Wong	27th Mar 2023	alias1: Woods, date of birth: 1831 (prev. 0000), date of death: 11th April, 1875 (prev. 0000), occupation, crime
William J Wood	2nd Sep 2014	gender: m
Anonymous	12th May 2011	none