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Details for the convict Robert Bright (1838)

Convict Name:Robert Bright
Trial Place:Central Criminal Court
Trial Date:14 August 1837
Sentence:7 years
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Arrival Details
Ship:Bengal Merchant (4)
Arrival Year:1838
 
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Birth: 19 Mar 1815, Southwark,Surrey, England
Christening: 9 Apr 1815, Southwark,Surrey, England
Occupation: Shoemaker
Conviction: 7 years for receiving stolen goods
Transport: "Bengal Merchant", 21 Jul 1838 Cumberland NSW
Ticket of Leave: Picton District
Death: 2 Jul 1899, Wellington, NSW

Partnership with: Martha GORDON (1st wife)
Marriage: 2 Dec 1833, Newington,Kent, England
Child: Thomas BRIGHT Birth: 1834
Child: Barbara Bell BRIGHT Birth: 1835
Child: William BRIGHT Birth: 1836

Partnership with: Ann POWELL (2nd wife)
Marriage: 6 Jun 1837, Newington,Kent, England

Partnership with: Frances HEARNE (3rd wife)
Marriage: 31 Dec 1844, Goulburn, Mulwaree, NSW
Child: John BRIGHT Birth: 7 Oct 1844, Bigga, NSW
Child: George BRIGHT Birth: 14 Dec 1845, Carcoar NSW
Child: Elizabeth BRIGHT Birth: 24 Aug 1847, Bigga,NSW
Child: Samuel Joseph BRIGHT B:22 Dec 1851,Carcoar
Child: Robert BRIGHT Birth: 20 Jul 1854, Carcoar
Child: Charlotte Francis BRIGHT B:14 Feb 1857, Carcoar
Child: Frederick Ernest BRIGHT B: 24 Nov 1861, Carcoar
Child: Mary Ann Lucy BRIGHT Birth: 1865, Bigga NSW
Child: Susannah BRIGHT B:1866, Breakfast Creek, NSW
Child: Henry BRIGHT Birth: 16 Jan 1867, Carcoar NSW
Child: Phillip BRIGHT Birth: 1871, Breakfast Creek NSW Child: Arthur BRIGHT Birth: 1876, Bigga,NSW
Child: Alice A. BRIGHT Birth: 25 Nov 1877,Mulwaree

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Sources

  • The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/11, p.212

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