William Aldridge

William Aldridge, one of 320 convicts transported on the Lord Lyndoch, 07 September 1840

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	William Aldridge
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1820
Occupation:	Labourer reaper
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing
Convicted at:	Essex Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Lord Lyndoch
Departure date:	7th September, 1840
Arrival date:	5th February, 1841
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 321 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 216. Archives Office of Tasmania, Conduct Record (CON33-1-5) and Description List (CON18-1-26)
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Iris Dunne on 6th October, 2018 wrote:

Conduct Record: aged 20, Trade: Laborer (Reap), transported for stealing a knife, Single, 14th August 1844 Ticket of Leave, Certificate of Freedom 24 Oct 1846
http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-5,347,8,F,60

Description List: aged 20 years, Trade: Farm Labourer
http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON18-1-26,208,4,L,43

Convict Changes History

Iris Dunne on 26th September, 2018 made the following changes:

gender: m

Iris Dunne on 6th October, 2018 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 216. Archives Office of Tasmania, Conduct Record (CON33-1-5) and Description List (CON18-1-26) (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll