Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:1308
| SURNAME | MOORE |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| OTHER NAME | MORE; alias MOIR |
| CONVICT NO | 3633 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 1822 Kirkaldy, Fife, Scotland – 22.08.1900 Northampton |
| BRITISH DATA | alias MOIR; s/o Andrew MORE and Mary, nee SCOTT; marr Christiana ROBERTSON (c1823 - 09.03.1895 Northampton) 15.06.1844 Dysart; weaver/mason, semi lit, Prot; behaviour in separate confinement - good, at public works HMS Defence - very good, on voyage - good |
| PRE CONVICTION | 23.08.1841 James More Gallaton, assault, 3w Cupar Gaol; 1843 assaulting Henry Hazell, a weaver, 3m Cupar Gaol; 1845 with David Westwater, assaulting Robert Heigh, 4m Cupar Gaol; 1850 behaving in a riotous & disorderly manner, striking PC William Toshack with a clasp knife, 12m Perth Prison; 1852 assaulting Robert Forsyth, James Keddie, 4m |
| CONVICTION | Perth, Scotland 03.09.1853 apparently a sailor, assault, cutting and stabbing, on a public road between Kirkaldy to Pathhead, prev convs for a similar offence, 16yrs (The Dundee Courier, 05 Oct 1863; Perthshire Advertiser 06 Oct 1853) |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 8ins, brown hair, grey eyes, long visage, sallow complexion, middling stout, bracelet, cross keys, anchor, 2 rings right hand, J M 1821 C R 1822 left hand and arm |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Adelaide 18.07.1855 from the hulk Defence moored at Woolwich or Portsmouth |
| CERTIFICATES | TL25.11.1857, ³CP13.11.1860 Champion Bay, CF11.10.1869 Champion Bay |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | 17.09.1856 Mount Eliza Depot; worked for George Shenton, Waneranooka Mines, Northampton; 6/4/1859 wife Christina and family using the name of Robertson arrived per Hamilla Mitchell and sailed for Port Gregory; ³Nov 1860 Champion Bay, a letter regarding his CP; ¹26.01.1864 Waneranooka a labourer - his daughter Margaret and her two children had been left destitute after her husband’s arrest - James wrote a letter for assistance on her behalf; ²Dec 1865 Northampton, (possibly) purchased Lots 16 & 17 Mary St West; ^1864 - 1874 employed 6 TL men; ᴽ31.12.1865 Victoria District, worked for Frances Allender & Duncan at Greenough; Oct 1866 Northampton, a mason; 19.12.1868 sent to Fremantle Hospital; 1883 Member of the Northampton Roads Board; 1883 worked at Uga Gully |
| FAMILY | Children: Mary MOORE: 14.04.1846 Fife - 09.07.1914 Northampton, marr William MERCEY 14.01.1861 Waneranooka; (possibly) James MOORE: 04.11.1850 Fife; Janet MOORE: 04.11.1850 Fife – 21.10.1866 Northampton, inflammation of the bowels; (Elizabeth) Jemima MOORE/More: 15.09.1852 Fife – 09.11.1912 Fremantle (as Anne Wilson), marr Michael DORGAN [2062] 1869 Northampton, 2nd partner Andrew MILLER, 3rd partner Charles WILSON; Margaret MOORE: Fife - 09.03.1924 Upper Beverley Rd, marr Thomas (Sandy) McKAY [4482] 14.01.1861 Waneranooka; Christina MOORE/More: c1862 Waneranooka - 1926 Geraldton, marr James KELLY 1883 Northampton, often indebt husband refused to pay, had 4 illegitimate children; Sarah Ann MOORE/More: bc1862 Northampton – 07.08.1902 Greenough, heart failure, marr James BUNTER 1877 Northampton; Agnes MOORE/More: 1869 Waneranooka - 26.08.1954 Geraldton, marr William RAMSHAW 1885 Northampton |
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| REFERENCES | SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R18, R21B; Convict Description Register Acc 128/42; ¹Colonial Secretary’s Office Correspondence Received Acc 36 CSR 546/161; ²CSR Acc 36 Vol 564 Folio 132; ³Comptroller General to Resident Magistrates Acc1156 C12/480; Erickson, R: The Bride Ships, p67 - 68; ^Erickson, R: Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829 - 1888, p2213; Sue White Research Paper, Northampton Historical Society; see Thomas McKay [4482]; Death Register Northampton 1864 – 1876 Entry 38; Death Register Greenough 1902 Entry 9; family contact |
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