Alice Bennis

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Alice Bennis
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1779
Occupation:	Cook/laundress
Date of Death:	1837
Age:	58 years

Life Span

Female median life span was 53 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Murder
Convicted at:	Ireland, Cork
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Asia 1
Departure date:	10th September, 1829
Arrival date:	13th January, 1830
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 69 other convicts

References

Primary source:	New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Asia - 13 Jan 1830.
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Community Contributions

Penny-Lyn Beale on 9th January, 2022 wrote:

1829 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Asia - 13 Jan 1830.
Indent No; 51
Name; Alice Bennis
Age; 51 years, Married - 1 Child
Native Place; Cork
Trade or calling; Professed Cook
Offence; Suspicion of Murder
Trial; Cork - 1 April 1829 - Life
Height; 5 ft 5 1/2 in
Assigned; Mrs Maria Dowlery
Noted against name; DIED; in the Hospital Parramatta - 4 July 1837

1837 - New South Wales, Australia, St. John’s Parramatta,
Name: Alice Bennis. Age: 60. Prisoner. Ship Asia
Date: 6 Jul 1837 - Parramatta, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia

Convict Changes History

Penny-Lyn Beale on 9th January, 2022 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: years, voyage, source: New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Asia - 13 Jan 1830. (prev. ), firstname: Alice, surname: Bennis, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 0000, date of death: 0000, gender: f, occupati