Runaway Convicts, New South Wales (1836)
Many convicts transported to Australia subsequently absconded from custody or from farmers or traders with whom they had been put to work. The Principal Superintendent of Convicts for New South Wales issued detailed notices to the public 'to use their utmost exertion in apprehending and lodging them in safe custody' and warning against harbouring or employing them. The lists give full name (surname first); name of the transport ship by which the convict had been deported to Australia; number; age; birthplace; trade or profession; height; appearance (complexion, hair, eyes); and a brief description of how or where absconded. February 1836.
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Staffordshire Inquests
(1836)
The accounts of expenses incurred by Henry Smith of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire coroner, list the full names of the deceased, the date and place of each inquest. January to December 1836DUNN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Tickets of Leave, New South Wales (1836)
A list issued from the Colonial Secretary's office, New South Wales, of prisoners of the Crown obtaining tickets of leave: arranged by county, and within each county by place. Full name is given (surname first), and name of the transport by which the convict had come to Australia. March 1836.
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Unclaimed Letters at Sydney General Post Office (1836)
'List of unclaimed letters remaining in the General Post Office, addressed to persons not known, or not to be found, and not previously advertised'. 23 February 1836. Full names, surname first.
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1836-1837)
Lists of English patents granted from 22 September 1836 to 27 March 1837: giving full name of the patentee, address and occupation; a brief description of the innovation, period of protection, and date of grant.DUNN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1837)
Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
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Bankrupts' Assignees
(1837)
Assignees of bankrupts' estates (usually principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt) in England and WalesDUNN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Dividends
(1837)
Distributions of money raised from bankrupts' estates in England and Wales: also insolvents' estates and results of meetingsDUNN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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British in India and Ceylon, China and Australasia
(1837)
Births, marriages and deaths, civil, ecclesiastical and military promotions, furloughs, reports of shipping to and from England and the East, with passenger lists, and news items published in the Asiatic Journal
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Chester and Birkenhead Railway Shareholders
(1837)
The return of the railway subscription contracts deposited in the Private Bill Office lists the shareholders in the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, subscribers of £189,250 to shares towards the £250,000 estimated expense of the project. The list gives full name of each subscriber (or surname with initials), residence, profession or calling, number of shares, and amount.
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