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Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
« 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
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Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
« Reply #1 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
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Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
« Reply #2 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
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Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
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Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 30 January 21 14:37 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, what is a 'ticket of leave' ? He becomes a free man ?
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Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
« Reply #7 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

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Re: Emma Eugenia 1838 James Siggs
« Reply #8 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
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
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Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)
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