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181188
Surname: Bird
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 30 April 1825
Place: Newcastle
Source: NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details: John Bird in the service of government charged with frequent neglect of work at the road gang. James Gallaghar, overseer of the road gang, states, .....the prisoner is very remiss in his work. I have frequently admonished him but to no purpose. I only get saucy answers. The prisoner denies the charge. Sentenced to 25 lashes


210849
Surname: Bird
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 24 February 1857
Place: Stroud
Source: Maitland Merucry
Details: Advertisement - John Bird s Boarding House and Ginger Beer Establishment at Stroud


31404
Surname: Bird
First Name: John
Ship: Minerva 1824
Date: 1825 April
Place: Newcastle
Source: SR NSW Main series of letters received, 1788-1825. Series 897, Reels 6041-6064, 6071-6072
Details: Assigned to Government service. Sentenced by the Commandant Captain Allman to 25 lashes for neglect of work and insolence to his overseer


166755
Surname: Bird
First Name: John
Ship: Minerva 1824
Date: 22 November 1824
Place: Sydney Cove
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4009A]; Microfiche: 654
Details: Errand boy. Tried in Warwick 27 March and sentenced to 14 years transportation . Age 18, native of Brimingham. Assigned to S.L. Harris at Hunter River on arrival.


31405
Surname: Bird
First Name: John
Ship: Prince Regent 1820
Date: 1821 30 August
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta


10135
Surname: Bird
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1844 13 January
Place: Port Stephens
Source: MM
Details: Charged with uttering base half crown to defraud Mary Gilbert. Not guilty


143038
Surname: Bird
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1891 17 January
Place: Greta
Source: MM
Details: Old and respected resident of Greta. Died suddenly


185203
Surname: Bird
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 28 January 1840
Place: Muswellbrook
Source: Criminal Court Records. Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions, Letter Books, 1838-1851. Ancestry
Details: Correspondence from E.D. Day to Captain Lettsom regarding three convicts Joseph Eccles, John Brown and Joseph Bird who were to be forwarded to the Stockade at Maitland


168663
Surname: Bird
First Name: Mary
Ship: George Hibbert 1834
Date: 1843
Place: Newcastle
Source: Gaol Description and Entrance Books ( ancestry)
Details: 5ft 2in. Stout, sallow complexion, sandy hair, grey eyes. Deeply pockpitted. Admitted to Newcastle gaol


168664
Surname: Bird
First Name: Mary
Ship: George Hibbert 1834
Date: 28 February 1843
Place: from Merton
Source: Gaol Description and Entrance Books, Newcastle (Ancestry)
Details: John Hamill and Mary Bird sent by William Ogilvie of Merton for trial for robbing William Bird. Admitted to Newcastle gaol en route for trial


134798
Surname: Bird
First Name: Mrs. James
Ship: -
Date: 1856 21 October
Place: Phoenix Park
Source: MM
Details: Gave birth to a daughter on 8th October 1856


136598
Surname: Bird
First Name: Mrs. James
Ship: -
Date: 1858 11 December
Place: Poplar Lodge, Phoenix Park
Source: MM
Details: Gave birth to a son on 2nd December 1858


134453
Surname: Bird
First Name: Mrs. William
Ship: -
Date: 1856 10 June
Place: Woodville
Source: MM
Details: Gave birth to a daughter on 6th June


88070
Surname: Bird
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1852 11 February
Place: Northumberland
Source: MM
Details: Lease of Church and school lands. 100 acres


103025
Surname: Bird
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: -
Place: -
Source: Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register
Details: Born 1823 in Norfolk, England. Died in Scone 1882. Spouse Margaret Maria Frend. For more information see Pioneer Register Entry No. 90


105542
Surname: Bird
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1854 4 January
Place: Gosforth
Source: MM
Details: Offering reward for return of missing mare


117795
Surname: Bird
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1852 3 March
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Witness at the marriage of William Taafe and Caroline Stewart


12925
Surname: Bird
First Name: Robert
Ship: Bengal Merchant 1838......
Date: 1844 28 September
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Ticket of leave granted


117794
Surname: Bird
First Name: Robert
Ship: Bengal Merchant 1838......
Date: 1839 5 June
Place: Harpur's Hill
Source: GG 1839
Details: Labourer aged 20 from Norfolk. 5' 5 1/4; dark sallow complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, two scars centre of forehead, scar outside (l) eye, three small dark moles (r) side of neck, scar under right jaw, lost top of thumb middle and little fingers of (r) hand, scar insdie and 3 scars back of same hand, Absconded from the Stockade at Harpur's Hill 30th March


166414
Surname: Bird
First Name: Robert
Ship: Bengal Merchant 1838......
Date: 23 October 1837
Place: London, England
Source: The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Online
Details: Robert Bird age 17 and Robert Greenwood age 20 sentenced to 15 years transportation for stealing, on the 22nd October at St. Mary Newington, 1 mare, the property of John Campbell