Runaway Convicts Apprehended (1836) The Principal Superintendent of Convicts' Office of New South Wales issued weekly lists of runaways apprehended during the previous seven days. These lists state the convict's full name (surname first), the transport by which brought to Australia, and from whom or from where absconded. January 1836
CANNON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|
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. January 1836.
CANNON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|
Bankruptcy information
(1837) Abstract of the circumstances causing a bankruptcy: assets, liabilities &c.CANNON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|
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
CANNON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|
Bankrupts' Dividends
(1837) Distributions of money raised from bankrupts' estates in England and Wales: also insolvents' estates and results of meetingsCANNON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|
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.
CANNON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|
Chester Junction Railway Shareholders
(1837) The return of the railway subscription contracts deposited in the Private Bill Office lists the shareholders in the Chester Junction Railway, subscribers to shares amounting to £216,850 towards the £371,000 estimated expense of the project. The list gives full name of each subscriber, residence, addition (occupation), number of shares, sums subscribed, and witness's name.CANNON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|
Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1837) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders: in England and Wales
CANNON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|
Insolvents
(1837) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksCANNON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|
Insolvents
(1837) Declarations of insolvency in England and WalesCANNON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|
Research your ancestry, family history, genealogy and one-name study by direct access to original records and archives indexed by surname.