Isaac Birch Arden

Isaac Birch Arden, one of 296 convicts transported on the Palmerston, 08 November 1860

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Isaac Birch Arden
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1821
Occupation:	Clerk
Date of Death:	26th July, 1864
Age:	43 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 15 years

Crime:	Indecent behaviour
Convicted at:	Stafford Assizes
Sentence term:	15 years
Ship:	Palmerston
Departure date:	8th November, 1860
Arrival date:	11th February, 1861
Place of arrival	Western Australia
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 295 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 346 (175)
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

D Wong on 31st March, 2014 wrote:

Isaac was transported for “buggery”. He was 5’1 1/4” tall, brown hair, grey eyes, sallow complexion, thin build, scar on forefinger of left hand, literate, C of E.

7/4/1863: TOL

26/7/1864: Isaac died at the Albany Depot.

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 31st March, 2014 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1821 (prev. 0000), date of death: 26th July, 1864 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime