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bedfordshire assizes
« on: Saturday 23 March 19 09:04 GMT (UK) »
can someone please help , looking for the website that gives details of convicts their height complexion eye colour etc. have lost the page. seeking it for Robert holding who was transported to van diemens land in 1823 thank you,

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Re: bedfordshire assizes
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 23 March 19 09:10 GMT (UK) »
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 23 March 19 09:16 GMT (UK) »
I have also got this information on him, I think one of his daughters may have married into my extended family

Robert Holding, one of 150 convicts transported on the Asia, 29 July 1823
Known aliases:
none
Convicted at:
Convicted at Bedford Assizes for a term of 14 years.
Sentence term:
14 years
Ship name:
Asia
Departure date:
29th July, 1823
Place of arrival:
Van Diemen's Land
Source:
Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 73 (38)
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Re: bedfordshire assizes
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 23 March 19 09:33 GMT (UK) »


There is also a Robert Holding (born 1797), convicted Bedford March 1823, on the hulk Justitia (Woolwich, 1823, entry 6441).     
Not with the details you listed.     

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/40/     
has the details you mention, you would have to search.     

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Re: bedfordshire assizes
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 23 March 19 09:39 GMT (UK) »
thank you both,