Name: | Joseph Atkinson |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1810 |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 10 years
Crime: | Stealing |
Convicted at: | Somerset Assizes |
Sentence term: | 10 years |
Ship: | Barossa |
Departure date: | 31st July, 1839 |
Arrival date: | 8th December, 1839 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 335 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 82. http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/Barossa+1839. http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict. |
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. |
Nell Murphy on 3rd April, 2018 wrote:
Joseph ATKINSON was convicted at Somerset Assizes, England on 4 Aug 1838. 10 yr transportation sentence - sent to New South Wales, Australia per the ship ‘Barossa’ 1839.
Nell Murphy on 3rd April, 2018 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 82. http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/Barossa+1839. http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project.
Ann Marie Gould on 2nd July, 2020 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1810 (prev. 0000), crime
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