John Angus

John Angus, one of 190 convicts transported on the Guildford, 22 March 1827

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	John Angus
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1807
Occupation:	Labourer
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Pickpocket
Convicted at:	Glasgow Court of Justiciary
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Guildford
Departure date:	22nd March, 1827
Arrival date:	25th July, 1827
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 191 other convicts

References

Primary source:	State Archives NSW, Bound Indentures (Series: NRS 12188; Item:4/4012; Microfiche:664)& Butts of COF (NRS 12210)& Census (HO10/21). Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 120
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

Elizabeth Yewers on 6th February, 2019 wrote:

Granted Certificate of Freedom at Sydney June 24th 1841 (Source: Government Gazette quoted in The SYDNEY MONITOR & COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER on Friday 2nd July 1841)

Iris Dunne on 13th February, 2019 wrote:

Convicted 26 September 1826
Convict Indents: aged 20, Single, Trade: Slaters App.

1828 Census: aged 28, Labourer to J. Walker in Bathurst

Certificate of Freedom No.40/1689 dated 13 October 1840, Prisoner No.27/1196, Trade: Laborer, Offence: Picking Pockets, Year of Birth 1807

Albert Reynolds on 25th July, 2019 wrote:

son Thomas Angus died 1912 is buried Gilgandra Cemetry, NSW.
John marrried Elizabeth Black. Wife remarried Jeremiah Reardon after Johns death.
John died at Bimble, Coonamble 1845. Gravestone washed away in 1955 floods near Castlereagh River.

Convict Changes History

Iris Dunne on 13th February, 2019 made the following changes:

source: State Archives NSW, Bound Indentures (Series: NRS 12188; Item:4/4012; Microfiche:664)& Butts of COF (NRS 12210)& Census (HO10/21). Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 120 (prev.