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170944
Surname: Gower
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 17 April 1841
Place: Wollombi
Source: Gaol Entrance Books. State Archives NSW; Item: 2/2009; Roll: 757 (Ancestry)
Details: Michael Sheehan per Marquis of Huntley admitted to Newcastle gaol from Wollombi on a charge of stealing a horse belonging to John Gower


24766
Surname: Gower
First Name: John
Ship: Layton 1829
Date: 1834 May
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: SG
Details: Obtained Ticket of Leave


132690
Surname: Gower
First Name: John
Ship: Layton 1829
Date: 1829 November
Place: -
Source: AO NSW Convict Indents Fiche No. 673
Details: Age 39. Married with 6 children. Ploughman and butcher. Sentenced to 7 years transportation at Maidstone for stealing fowls. Assigned to James Bowman at Hunter River on arrival


195336
Surname: Gower
First Name: John
Ship: Marquis of Hastings 1826
Date: 7 January 1826
Place: Sydney
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4009A]; Microfiche: 657
Details: John Gower age 38. Ploughman from Sussex. Tried at Horsham 23 Mrach 1825. Sentenced to 7 years transportation. Well behaved on the voyage out. Assigned to J. Walker at Concord on arrival


178081
Surname: Gower
First Name: Robert and John
Ship: Marquis of Hastings 1826
Date: 15 January 1847
Place: -
Source: Government Gazette p57
Details: Sydney December 1846 - Enquiry having been made by their brother in England respecting John and Robert Gower who arrived in this colony in the ship Marquis of Hastings in 1826, under sentences of 7 years transportation and received their Certificates of Freedom the former on 3 April and the latter on 4th May 1832, any person who is enabled to afford information respecting the above individuals is requested to have the goodness to transmit the same to the Colonial Secretarys Office


29067
Surname: Gowers
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1847 14 April
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Unclaimed letter held at Sydney Post Office