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. March 1836
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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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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' Assignments
(1837) Assignments of bankrupts' estates (usually to principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt) in England and WalesHOWARTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1837) Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1837) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders: in England and Wales
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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 linksHOWARTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1838) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksHOWARTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1838) Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsHOWARTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Proprietors of Halifax and Huddersfield Banking Company
(1838) The provincial banks of England and Wales made annual returns to the Stamp Office of their proprietors or shareholders. These returns, registered in March 1838, from the 103 banks then in existence, contain the full names and addresses of about 30,000 shareholders.HOWARTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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