Josiah Bird

Josiah Bird, one of 300 convicts transported on the Coromandel, 27 October 1819

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Josiah Bird
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	-
Convicted at:	Cambridge Quarter Session
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Coromandel
Departure date:	27th October, 1819
Arrival date:	5th April, 1820
Place of arrival	New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 298 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 247 (125)
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

Maureen Withey on 25th July, 2019 wrote:

Hobart Town Gazette, 4 Mar 1825
Absconded prisoners

Josiah Bird, 274, 5 ft. 5¾ in. dark complexion, black hair, dark brown eyes, 39 years of age, a farmers’ labourer, tried at Cambridge Oct. 1818, sentence 7 years, arrived in this Colony per Coromandel 1820, native at Cambridgeshire, little finger on the left hand crippled and scarred, absconded from the Prisoners’ Barracks Feb. 23, 1825.—£2 Reward.

Convict Changes History

Maureen Withey on 25th July, 2019 made the following changes:

gender: m, occupation