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British convict transportation O to Z

Last name:
Shakespeare
First name:
John
Place of conviction:
Staffordshire, Stafford Assizes
Alias names:
Sentence details:
Convicted at Staffordshire, Stafford Assizes for a term of 20 years on 07 March 1864
Vessel:
Vimiera
Departure date:
20 September 1865
Arrival place:
Western Australia
Publication:
John Shakespeare, one of 280 convicts transported on the Vimiera, 20 September 1865
Notes:
140 of these convicts previously had been trans-shipped to Gibraltar where they subsequently embarked
Source:
British convict transportation registers and others