Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:202
| SURNAME | BROWNING |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| OTHER NAME | |
| CONVICT NO | 562 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 1821 Henfield, Sussex – 1890 bur Guildford Cemetery |
| BRITISH DATA | s/o Richard BROWNING and his wife Mary Ann nee HAMPER; marr 2 chn, labourer |
| PRE CONVICTION | Shropshire 31.12.1838 shop breaking, 4m |
| CONVICTION | Northampton, 15.07.1848 with others, robbery with violence, 8yrs (The Northampton Mercury, 15 Jul 1848, p3) |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 7ins, black hair, dark brown eyes, long visage, swarthy complexion, stout build |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Pyrenees 28.06.1851 from the hulk Justitia |
| CERTIFICATES | TL28.06.1851 CF 23.04.1853 |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | 31.12.1851 ½yr TL return, applied for wife and children to come to WA; Yeoman, Swan District; Chittering; 1867 - 1885 Greenough, poultry farmer; ^1865 - 1869 employed 8 TL men |
| FAMILY | Marr2. – Charlotte LAMB (1815 - 15.12.1891 Greenough) 02.01.1855 Wexcombe, WA
Children: - John BROWNING; Alfred BROWNING: b.1855 Swan; Ruth BROWNING: 1858 - 1934 Marr2. – Charlotte LAMB 02 .01.1855 Wexcombe, WA Children: - Alfred BROWNING: 02.11.1855 Middle Swan – 20.03.1922 Dongara; Ruth BROWNING: 27.04.1858 Chittering – 11.04.1934 Swan |
| WA CONVICTIONS | ᴳᴿᴾ29 Jul 1872 (John BROWNING) overcharging William Phelps for the journey, required to pay the balance to the plaintiff ᴳᴿᴾ04 Apr 1873 (John Browning) taking away a load of sandalwood, the property of John Bone, dismissed |
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| COMMENTS | |
| REFERENCES | SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R21B; Convict Description Register Acc 128/41; ᴳᴿᴾGreenough Police Court Charge Book Cons 4411; Maley’s Mill & Store Records courtesy Greenough Museum & Gardens; Greenough Death Register 1884 - 1895, 1891 Entry 21; ^Erickson, R: Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre1829 – 1888, p364 |
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