> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >