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From: "Julie Stokes" <>
Subject: [SRY] BURR or BURR
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 07:36:33 +0930

I have recently discovered that a WILLIAM BURR was tried as co-defendant
with my 3xgreat grandfather at Surrey Quarter Sessions on 14th July 1818 and
both were sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia.

My ancestor arrived in Van Dieman's Land in April 1819, aboard the ship
Surry. I can't find any record of this William Burr arriving. The pair of
them stole 6 loaves of bread in a basket from a fellow named James Unwin at
St Mary's parish Battersea and both of them came from there.

If anyone recognises this WIlliam Burr or Burre, I would love to hear from
you.

Also - is there any way of finding out where a family lived in St Mary's
parish in the 1815-1820 time frame, or of any deaths in the area in the same
time frame for the following people:-

Walter Simpson & wife Sarah
Sarah Simpson daughter of Walter & Sarah (born in 1810)

thanks

Julie Stokes
Semaphore Park, SA
Phone: 08 8249 9731
Mobile: 0401 475 253
Email:

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