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Re: Did this convict ever make it to Australia?
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 11 March 12 04:05 GMT (UK) »
JM they didn't land the Neptune convicts at the Cape.  The locals threw a wobbly and the ship was sent on to Tasmania.

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Oops, I didn't realise that,  Debra  ;D

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Re: Did this convict ever make it to Australia?
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 11 March 12 04:12 GMT (UK) »
Well thats exactly right.   The whole business of transportation had become very confusing around that time.   There were also some from Canada who were not criminals but politcal dissidents.

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Re: Did this convict ever make it to Australia?
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 13 March 12 11:36 GMT (UK) »
Thank you all so much for your very helpful replies! It is still a mystery to me where he ended up. I can find no record of him anywhere in the world! I think that the most likely scenario is that he died either before he was transported or during the voyage out to Australia. Unfortunately the Irish records don't start this early so I will never know...........

If anyone does ever find a trace of him, please do let me know!

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Re: Did this convict ever make it to Australia?
« Reply #12 on: Monday 14 November 16 17:38 GMT (UK) »
He went to Spike Island and I assume he died there. I cannot upload an image but if you PM me I can email details to you, He is buried in Pollardstown cemetery outside Newbridge Co. Kildare. Just wondering where you got the Prison record "Clexton"?


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Re: Did this convict ever make it to Australia?
« Reply #13 on: Monday 14 November 16 19:17 GMT (UK) »
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/ireland-australia-transportation-records-1791-1853/

Thank you - here is the list showing Clexton - when you search. I'd like a copy of the photo of the grave - I will PM you

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Re: Did this convict ever make it to Australia?
« Reply #14 on: Monday 14 November 16 19:34 GMT (UK) »
Hi there, Im trying to reply to your message but seems I cant, maybe I have to have a subscription to reply , says my inbox is full and only one message in it. Im a newbie to this! Yes I'm a decendant of Bailey Cluxton.

here is something I found online and I also have a picture of his headstone I took last week I can send to you.

https://forgottengraveyardsireland.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/pollardstown-the-curragh-co-kildare/

I also have a picture of the court record and on that it, says he was sent to Spike Island, maybe there is some other way of sending this to you.

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Re: Did this convict ever make it to Australia?
« Reply #15 on: Monday 14 November 16 20:12 GMT (UK) »
Hi Curtis Cluxton, you have to have made 3 posts before the PM system is available to you so if you just post a response to this then you should be able to PM.

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Re: Did this convict ever make it to Australia?
« Reply #16 on: Monday 14 November 16 23:44 GMT (UK) »
What a great result for you, ambleetc from almost no information to finding the answer you wanted PLUS an MI for your man. To saynothing of help from all sides of the globe.

Rootschat is an amazing resource - again!

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Re: Did this convict ever make it to Australia?
« Reply #17 on: Friday 14 April 17 17:43 BST (UK) »
Hi Curtis Cluxton,
Yes, Bailey Cluxton never made it to Australia. He was transferred from Spike Island to Naas Gaol where he died of tuberculosis.
I have a great deal of information about this family on my website.
https://clugstonfamilytree.wordpress.com/home/cluxton/