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31711
Surname: Burns
First Name: William
Ship: Countess of Harcourt 1824
Date: 1828
Place: Hunter River
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Shepherd. Age 22. Assigned to F & A Little


194702
Surname: Burns
First Name: William
Ship: Countess of Harcourt 1824
Date: 14 July 1824
Place: Sydney Cove
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4009A]; Microfiche: 654
Details: William Burns age 17. Occupation errand boy. Native place Edinboro. Tried Doncaster 21 January 1824. Sentenced to 7 years transportation. Orderly conduct on the voyage out. Sent to Windsor for distribution


31721
Surname: Burns
First Name: William
Ship: John 1827
Date: 1828
Place: Port Stephens
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Labourer assigned to Australian Agricultural Company


116227
Surname: Burns
First Name: William
Ship: John 1827
Date: -
Place: -
Source: AO NSW Fiche 668. Principal Superintendent of convicts Indents (4/401 3) pp 1- 59
Details: Tailor's boy aged 16 from Bolton. Offence: stealing hankerchiefs. Tried at Lancaster 30 April 1827. 3rd conviction. Assigned to the A.A. Company


206406
Surname: Burns
First Name: William
Ship: Nepaul 1855
Date: March 1855
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Details: William Burns age 19, weaver, from Stonehouse, Scotland, son of James and Mary. Assisted immigrant on the ship Nepaul. Note - a brother James Burns already in the colony, last known address at Newcastle


151763
Surname: Burns
First Name: William and Ellen
Ship: -
Date: 1854 15 January
Place: Maitland
Source: Australian Births and Baptisms - Family Search Historical Records
Details: Birth of Horatio James, son of William and Ellen Burns


188879
Surname: Burns
First Name: William and Margaret
Ship: -
Date: 27 June 1835
Place: Abode Invermein
Source: Maitland Baptism Register p. 86
Details: Samuel, son of William and Margaret Burns baptised 27 June 1835 at age one year old. Occupation of William Burns - labourer assigned to Mr. Thompson


196988
Surname: Burns
First Name: William Ramsay
Ship: -
Date: 26 April 1924
Place: Maitland
Source: The Newcastle Sun
Details: Death in April 1924 of Mary Ann Graham (nee Burns), daughter of Mr and Mrs. William Ramsay Burns of West Maitland


42064
Surname: Burns ( Delaney)
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1848 1 July
Place: Cassilis
Source: MM
Details: To be tried at Maitland Quarter Sessions for stealing from the person


214013
Surname: Burns (99th Regt)
First Name: Private Michael
Ship: -
Date: April - June 1845
Place: Maitland
Source: War Office Records. WO/Series WO 12/Subseries (Pieces 2118-9899)/Subseries (Pieces 9804-9822)/File 9808. AJCP Reel No: 3898/99th: Lanarkshire
Details: Private Michael Burns stationed at Maitland


101999
Surname: Burns (?Byrne)
First Name: John
Ship: Hive 1835
Date: 1840 15 January
Place: Paterson
Source: GG 1840
Details: Farm labourer aged 55 from Co. Cork. 5' 1"; ruddy compl., brown hair and bald. Grey eyes, cast inwards in (r) eye. Long cross scar on forehead etc. Absconded from service of James Phillips, since January 2


204102
Surname: Burns (?Byrnes)
First Name: Elizabeth
Ship: Born in the colony
Date: 2 January 1855
Place: Newcastle Gaol
Source: State Archives NSW; Kingswood, New South Wales; Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details: Elizabeth Burns, born at Parramatta. Occupation servant. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. To be sent for trial


136407
Surname: Burns (?Byrnes)
First Name: John
Ship: Hercules 1830
Date: 2 January 1855
Place: Newcastle Gaol
Source: State Archives NSW; Kingswood, New South Wales; Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details: John Burns, occupation painter, native place Dublin. Free by servitude. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. To be sent for trial


84955
Surname: Burns (Burnes)
First Name: James
Ship: Exmouth 1831
Date: 1847 28 April
Place: Maitland
Source: CDR
Details: Ticket of leave holder. Burial date


18499
Surname: Burns (Burnett)
First Name: James
Ship: -
Date: 1845 13 September
Place: Liverpool Plains
Source: MM
Details: Sentenced to 15 yrs transportation for stealing 300 sheep from John Eales


192383
Surname: Burns (Byrne)
First Name: James
Ship: Exmouth 1831
Date: 24 September 1829
Place: England
Source: Criminal Petitions. HO 17/54/3 National Archives, Kew
Details: Prisoner age: 11. Court and date of trial: Lancaster Summer Assizes 1829. Crime: Burglary at the house of William Thompson, draper, of Ranelagh Street, Liverpool. Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life. Gaoler s report: Mischievous disposition. Annotated: Nil; this case has been frequently considered and Mr Ewart has received an unfavourable answer upon a similar application a few days since. Petitioner(s): Ten freemen of the Borough of Liverpool; William Thompson (prosecutor) with three officers of St Peter s Church, Liverpool; Patrick Byrne (father) and six lodge masons of Dundalk, Ireland; 20 other applications by Patrick Byrne (father); three applications by Mary Byrne (mother). Grounds for clemency: His youth (11 years); parents are respectable, his father having been in the military for many years; seduced or compelled into the crime by older boys; three generations of the family have served in the military. Other papers: Seven covering letters and characters. Additional Information: Held on board Euryalus Hulk, Chatham. The convict was transported to Sydney, New South Wales, on board the Exmouth 1 April 1831. The convict was tried and convicted with Thomas Rice, [an older boy]. Notes state the prisoner s father served in the Fencibles, is 66 years of age, and James is his youngest child.


93588
Surname: Burns (Byrne)
First Name: Jeremiah
Ship: Castle Forbes 1824
Date: 1834 26 March
Place: Maitland
Source: GG 1834
Details: Labourer aged 44 from Co. Kerry. 5ft 10in; brown hair, black/grey hair, grey eyes. Absconded from Maitland bridge 4th March


117596
Surname: Burns (Byrne)
First Name: Timothy
Ship: Parmelia 1834
Date: 1837
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: GRC
Details: Assigned to Alexander McDougall


175054
Surname: Burns (Byrne?)
First Name: Jane
Ship: Margaret
Date: 27 April 1840
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Webland charged with disorderly conduct. Sentenced to 14 days in the cells


177264
Surname: Burns (Byrnes)
First Name: Cornelius
Ship: Guildford 1829
Date: 26 December 1835
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW; Roll: 136
Details: Baker from Co. Down. Admitted to Newcastle gaol under sentence of 7 days in the cells. Returned to master 28 January 1836