James Bush
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Name James Bush Birth Abt 1826 Woodford, Northamptonshire 
Gender Male Person ID I272216498357 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 Jan 2024
Father John Bush, b. Abt 1801, Woodford, Northamptonshire Mother Lucy, b. Abt 1811 Marriage 1827 Letchford, Northamptonshire Family ID F102 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann Pickett, b. 1836, Hedgerley Dean, Buckinghamshire, England Marriage 24 Jun 1857 Glamorgan, Tasmania Children 1. Eliza Jane Bush, b. 1857, Spring Bay, Tasmania 2. Ellen Jane Bush, b. 1859, Spring Bay, Tasmania d. 09 Aug 1934, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Age 75 years)3. Michael James Bush, b. 1861, Spring Bay, Tasmania Family ID F112 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jan 2024
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Notes - James Bush was born in Woodford, Northamptonshire around 1826, eldest child of John Bush, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Lucy. On 4th August 1846 James Bush was sentenced to transportation to Van Diemen’s Land for stealing “wearing apparel” from a Mr Boswell of Leamington and “assaulting a Constable”. It was apparently not his first time falling foul of the law as his convict record is marked “2nd conviction”. James arrived on the ship “Cornwall” in June 1851 and was immediately granted a Ticket of Leave which was revoked 12th April 1853 due to “misconduct in abusing his mistress and using obscene language”. He was recommended for a Certificate of Freedom on 27th July 1852, and was eventually granted freedom on 4th August 1853.
James was described on his convict record as being 5’5”, dark complexion, medium sized head and forehead with black hair and whiskers, hazel eyes, medium nose and mouth, a large chin, and having “9 dots between thumb and forefinger in right hand”. His record also stated he was married to wife Hannah with 2 children, Church of England and could “read and write a little”.
On the 26th August 1861, shortly after the birth of Ellen’s younger brother Michael, James Bush died. A Coroner’s Inquest carried out the following day found that:
“James Bush came by his death from congestion of the brain induced by exposure to cold and submersion in the water accelerated by drink and neglect”.
- James Bush was born in Woodford, Northamptonshire around 1826, eldest child of John Bush, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Lucy. On 4th August 1846 James Bush was sentenced to transportation to Van Diemen’s Land for stealing “wearing apparel” from a Mr Boswell of Leamington and “assaulting a Constable”. It was apparently not his first time falling foul of the law as his convict record is marked “2nd conviction”. James arrived on the ship “Cornwall” in June 1851 and was immediately granted a Ticket of Leave which was revoked 12th April 1853 due to “misconduct in abusing his mistress and using obscene language”. He was recommended for a Certificate of Freedom on 27th July 1852, and was eventually granted freedom on 4th August 1853.