Name: | Thomas Barton |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1828 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 10 years
Crime: | Sheep-stealing |
Convicted at: | County Clare |
Sentence term: | 10 years |
Ship: | Rodney |
Departure date: | 24th November, 1852 |
Arrival date: | 12th February, 1853 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 39 other convicts |
Primary source: | Tasmanian Archives - convicts http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-113,350,12,L,80 |
Source description: |
Carol Axton-Thompson on 11th May, 2013 wrote:
Thomas Barton was convicted at Clare on 4 Jul 1849 for stealing a sheep - 10yr sentence. Transported to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Rodney’, arriving 12/02/1853.
Carol Axton-Thompson on 11th May, 2013 wrote:
Good gaol report. Single man.
Native Place: Co. Clare
Aged 25yrs; labourer; 5’3”; fresh complexion; dk brown hair; grey eyes;
Probation: 1yr, 4mths, 22 days. 139 days gained by hard work.
Assigned at Sandy Bay (nr Hobart) 1854.
Ticket of Leave 14/11/1854
09/12/1854: Absent, without leave - 2mths hard labour.
28/08/1855: Conditional Pardon
Carol Axton-Thompson on 11th May, 2013 made the following changes:
convicted at, term 10 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 1828, date of death 0000, gender, occupation, crime
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