Name: | George Birchall |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1820 |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 61 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Rape |
Convicted at: | Lancaster, Liverpool Assizes |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | David Malcolm |
Departure date: | 13th May, 1845 |
Arrival date: | 25th August, 1845 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 220 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 284. Liverpool Mercury 20th December 1844 |
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. |
Steven Horton on 10th January, 2015 wrote:
Rape of a 17 year old female in Wigan
D Wong on 11th January, 2015 wrote:
George Birchall was 25 years old on arrival.
George was 5’4 3/4” tall, black hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion, can read a little, protestant, married, tattoos.
Station of Gang: Norfolk Island for 2 years and 6 months.
May 1847: Off Norfolk Island per ‘Tory’
26/9/1854: TOL
16/9/1856: CP
Steven Horton on 10th January, 2015 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 284. Liverpool Mercury 20th December 1844 (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 284)
D Wong on 11th January, 2015 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1820 (prev. 0000), occupation
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