Rebecca Bloxam

Rebecca Bloxam, one of 80 convicts transported on the Harmony, 12 May 1827

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Rebecca Bloxam
Aliases:	none
Gender:	-

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1807
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	1879
Age:	72 years

Life Span

Median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Robbing a person
Convicted at:	Leicester Boro' Assises
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Harmony
Departure date:	12th May, 1827
Arrival date:	27th September, 1827
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 79 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 176
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

Kathie Garnham on 13th September, 2013 wrote:

Rebecca married John Hooper in 1829 & had 2 children. Amelia born 1831 & Sarah born 1836. John passed away & Rebecca remarried. She married William Harris in 1838 & they had 5 children. Jane born 1839, Elizabeth born 1842, Rebecca born 1846, Henry born 1849 & William born 1852. Rebecca died in 1879 at Terania, NSW after accidentally falling in the creek.

Convict Changes History

Kathie Garnham on 13th September, 2013 made the following changes:

date of birth 1807, date of death 1879, crime