I think that different James RADCLIFF have gotten confused
James Metcraft (Ratcliff) Radcliffe, Convict "Elphinstone" 1836 is on Geni with
Married 1824 Australia - [Sarah (Phillips) Ratcliffe - Blakes - English [Convict "Lord Sidmouth" 1822-1823] Sarah (Phillips) Ratcliffe - Blakes - English [Convict "Lord Sidmouth" 1822-1823]] (no details)
Married 1843 Australia to Elizabeth Radcliffe, Free Settler "Amelia Thompson" 1836
Can anyone add any sources for this family?
James RATCLIFFE was convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session and was sentenced to 14 years transportation. He was transported on the convict ship Elphinstone which departed England on 20/1/1836 and arrived in Tasmania on 24/5/1836
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/ratcliffe/james/37615
James RATCLIFFE was convicted on 23/10/1816 at Manchester and was sentenced to 7 years transportation. He arrived in NSW on "Almorah" on 29/8/1817 and was sent to Tasmania arriving on 28/9/1817 on "Pilot"
He was born c1799
He married Sarah PHILLIPS a convict "Lord Sidmouth" on 1/3/1824
https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=fasai58365
In 1841 and 1842, James RATCLIFFE the convict on "Elphinestone" was in Australia whilst Elizabeth HANSLOW was in England so they could not have been the parents of Edwin and James H RADCLIFFE
The 1851 England Census does have a
this is a different family.