Name: | George Apsey |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1809 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | 23rd August, 1832 |
Age: | 23 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing |
Convicted at: | Dorset Assizes |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Sir Charles Forbes |
Departure date: | 1st April, 1830 |
Arrival date: | 27th July, 1830 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 159 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 289 (147). Tasmanian Archives - convicts. |
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. |
Carol Axton-Thompson on 22nd January, 2014 wrote:
George Apsey was convicted at Dorset on 13/03/1829 for stealing wearing apparel. 7yr sentence. Gaol Report: bad. Previously in gaol for 3mths for leaving his Master. Hulk Report: good.
Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Sir Charles Forbes’, arriving July 1830.
Native Place of birth: Plymouth, born abt 1809.
Single; labourer’ 5’9”; aged 21yrs.
Assignments of service in the Colony:
30/03/1831: Jennings - drunk. 21days Tread Wheel - suspended.
13/06/1831: Jennings - drunk, in Hobart. 7 days Tread Wheel.
20/08/1831: Jennings - drunk and fight inn-keeper at Walfords Public House. 25 lashes.
20/06/1832: Capt. Bell - insolent. Remanded.
02/07/1832: Capt. Bell - insolent and make false accusation against Master - imprisonment with 6mths hard labour on a road party gang.
23/08/1832: died at hospital, Hobart Town. Buried.
Maureen Withey on 28th July, 2019 wrote:
Hobart Town Burial Record , https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1$init=RGD34-1-1p123
George Epsey, abode, from hospital, Hobart Town; buried 4 Aug 1832, age 22, ship, Sir Charles Forbes, convict.
Carol Axton-Thompson on 22nd January, 2014 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 289 (147). Tasmanian Archives - convicts. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 289 (
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