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Title: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: Kmsiggs on Friday 29 January 21 14:57 GMT (UK)
James Siggs arrived on this ship Feb 1838. He had been transported for life. Does anyone have any details about him. Did he gain freedom, marry, stay in Australia. Did life mean life ? I can find no record of him returning to the UK. He was born 1798, Haverhill, Suffolk. Thanks
Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 29 January 21 16:08 GMT (UK)
There are 2 criminal register entries for him - birthdate 1799 on both

Suffolk 23.10.1835 - 5 months imprisonment for Larceny
Cambridge 21.10.1836 - Larceny before convicted of felony - transportation for life

His arrival entry shows him as a shoemaker (indifferent)

Given his age I would have thought he would already have been married in England
Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 29 January 21 16:30 GMT (UK)
A tree on Ancestry shows him born Dorking Surrey - parents William & Hannah nee Noldrett

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW7R-8XJ

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVP4-GZG
Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: matthewj64 on Friday 29 January 21 23:18 GMT (UK)
He made it onto the absconders list a few times
https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/newspapers?keyword=%22siggs%20james%22%20%22Emma%20Eugenia%22&sortBy=dateAsc&startPos=0

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Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: Kmsiggs on Friday 29 January 21 23:22 GMT (UK)
Hi, thanks for the reply. This James Siggs was born 1798 in Haverhill (conviction says 1799) parents Thomas and Hannah. Hannah died 1800, Thomas 1804. No parents from a young age. He was convicted  21 October 1836 in Cambridge, not too far from Haverhill. His brother was a shoemaker so that is possibly correct.
Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: Neale1961 on Saturday 30 January 21 01:55 GMT (UK)
There was an application for a ticket of leave dated 26 Nov 1851 - but 8 months probation was required.
He finally received his ticket of leave on 24 July 1852 in the Goulburn district, NSW.
Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: Kmsiggs on Saturday 30 January 21 14:37 GMT (UK)
Thank you, what is a 'ticket of leave' ? He becomes a free man ?
Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: sparrett on Saturday 30 January 21 21:31 GMT (UK)
This is a good place to get the information on Tickets of Leave, and more.

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Australia,_Convict_Tickets_of_Leave_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records

Sue
Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: Neale1961 on Saturday 30 January 21 23:53 GMT (UK)
This Death in 1854 Goulburn might be worth pursuing further, in case it is your James.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCQ-GM7
Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: matthewj64 on Sunday 31 January 21 00:17 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Neale1961 on Saturday 30 January 21 23:53 GMT (UK)
This Death in 1854 Goulburn might be worth pursuing further, in case it is your James.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCQ-GM7

Great find!

James Siggs arrested for drunkeness in Goulburn 1853
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101735809

Body found, coat resembled that worn by pauper Siggs, July 1854
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101731947

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Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: Neale1961 on Sunday 31 January 21 01:13 GMT (UK)
A sad end for James Siggs, and rather gruesome reading about the finding of his body.
Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: Kmsiggs on Sunday 31 January 21 14:06 GMT (UK)
Thanks,  the images won't open at the moment but I'll keep checking.
Title: Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
Post by: Kmsiggs on Friday 05 February 21 16:35 GMT (UK)
Thanks for all your input. What a grim end..