Dear Peter I think you've got your email addresses confused :( > Sorry, my query was for Stephen John Ward & Harriet Knights who left > Plymouth England on the Shand 1854 and arrived Portland, Victoria 1855 > > I've been able to find the ship's details, but no a listing of > passengers, or any other trace of the above. > > Jenni Ray > > On 07/03/2009, at 11:56 AM, PETER FERGUSON wrote: > >> It looks highly likely that your Edward Neighbour was a >> "Pentonvillian" or >> "Exile". They were convicts who were trained in a trade in >> Pentonville and >> other UK prisons and then sent to Australia and given a conditional >> pardon >> on arrival in Melbourne. The condition was that they could not >> return to >> England until their original sentence had expired. In all other >> respects >> they were free. >> >> The Thomas Arbruthnot arrived in Port Phillip 4 May 1847 >> >> See "Convicts of the Port Phillip District" by Keith M Clark. If he >> was one >> of this group then you should be able to find him in that book. >> >> See also NSW State Records >> >> HTH >> >> Peter Ferguson >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Stan Elgood" <stane@ozemail.com.au> >> To: <aus-convicts@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 2:18 PM >> Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Searching for Edward NEIGHBOUR >> >> >>> Hi Leigh, >>> >>> There are probably several places you could search on-line. The >>> State >>> Records of NSW might have something on him. >>> >>> I just checked the Qld State Library website. You haven't stated >>> how much >>> info you have already but if it is only what you have stated in your >>> email, >>> I can add a little more. >>> >>> The British Convict Transportation registers at the Qld State >>> Library >>> website have the following info: >>> >>> Edward Neighbour one of 249 convicts on the Thomas Arbuthnot >>> departed >>> 6/1/1847. Convicted at Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury Quarter Sessions >>> term 7 >>> yrs. >>> >>> One curious notation was 'disembarked at Port Phillip (Melbourne) >>> not >>> VDL'. >>> >>> Perhaps the ship originally set out for Tasmania but decided for >>> some >>> reason >>> to unload the convicts in Melbourne? Another lister may be able to >>> shed >>> some light on this. >>> >>> There are four other Neighbour convicts listed on the Tasmanian >>> Archives >>> website. James arrived 1835, John 1833, William 1843 and William >>> 1834. >>> Could they perhaps be related? >>> >>> Lyn >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Leigh Neighbour" <neimor@optusnet.com.au> >>> To: <aus-convicts@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 2:09 AM >>> Subject: [AUS-CON] Searching for Edward NEIGHBOUR >>> >>> >>>> I am trying to locate Edward NEIGHBOUR he arived on May 1847 on >>>> the Sir >>>> Thomas Arbuthnot his age was 16 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanking you. >>>> >>>> Leigh neighbour >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>> without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message >