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- Researcher (Dave Aitchison)
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Biographies
Personal Information
Name: John Butters
Aliases:
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1817
Death: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Occupation: Bricklayer
Crime
Crime: Larceny
Convicted at: Lincoln. Holland Quarter Session
Sentence term: 14
Voyage
Ship: Eden
Voyage: 27th Aug 1836
Arrival: 22nd Dec 1836
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land
Convict Notes
Contributed by Claire Morgan on 26th February 2014
married convict Flora Mcinnes in Hobart in 1854.
Tried Launceston Jan 1840
convict number 9774
conduct record CON31/1/3
other records CON22/1/6p43
Description list CON18/1/7P141
muster roll: appropriation list: CON27/1/2 CSO1/1/895 19007, MM33/6
Contributed by Nell Murphy on 19th December 2016
John BUTTERS was convicted at Lincoln 5 April 1836 for stealing - a fowl. Gaol report: previous conviction. 14 year transportation sentence. Hulk Report: Good. Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the 'Eden' 1836. Ship Surgeon's Report: good.
Single man.
Assignments, chain gang, road party.
Further charge, Launceston Court. Life sentence.
Married Flora McInnes. (http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/mcinnes/flora/7198)
Child: Robert BUTTERS
Admitted to Queens Orphanage, New Town, nr Hobart, on 25 Sept 1861, aged 5yrs 3mths. Father is John Butters, ship Eve 1 (mistranscription, should be Eden); Mother listed as Flora McGuiness (McInnes), ship Duchess of Northumberland. Remarks: "Mother in gaol, father had deserted". Robert was discharged 16 Feb 1870 to James Elliott, Huon Road & again 5 Feb 1872 to Richard Lester at Franklin (employers). (Ref. Orphan 718)
Convict History
Left: 27th Aug, 1836
Travelled on: Eden
Description:
Built 1826 at London. Wood ship of 513 Tons.
Arrived on: 22nd Dec, 1836
Submitted by Researcher (Dave Aitchison) on 19 April 2024
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/10, p.368
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