Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Robert Fitt was transported on the Mangles, departing 18th Mar 1837 and arriving 10th Jul 1837 with 309 passengers.
ManglesReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 17 (10) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
Claims
"My 3rd great grandfather. Married Maria Kittmer. They had 7 children."
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Convict Notes
6/8/1836 Norfolk Chronicle Norfolk, England: Robert Fitt, aged 33, pleaded guilty to having stolen one ram, the property W. V. Lee Warner, Esq. Robert Fitt was listed as 33 years old on arrival. Native Place: Norfolk. Robert was literate, protestant, married with 5 children, 5'9" tall, brown hair, brown complexion, dark hazel eyes, lost all the front upper teeth except one, scar left eyebrow, another left cheek bone, scar bridge of nose, three small moles front of neck. Son of William Fitt and Annie Fitt Married Maria Kittmer (b 8/8/1803-d 29/12/1869 at Liverpool UK. Children: 1824: Henry 1825: Saran Ann Stephenson 1829: Benjamin 1831: Mary 1833: Henry 1844: TOL Paterson Bench 26/8/1845: TOL Passport, Paterson Bench. 1/2/1849: Newspaper date: CP. 21/6/1882: Robert Fitt died at Tamworth, NSW., aged 78. Listed as FITZ on NSW BDM. Daughter Saran Ann Fitt immigrated to Australia in 1855 aboard the 'Asiatic'.
Lived in Shipdham, Norfolk, England. He is one of my distant relatives.