James Booth

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	James Booth
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1797
Occupation:	Ploughman
Date of Death:	5th December, 1855
Age:	58 years

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:	Ireland, Wicklow
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Countess of Harcourt
Departure date:	3rd September, 1822
Arrival date:	21st December, 1822
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 80 other convicts

References

Primary source:	http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/convicts.htm
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Community Contributions

D Wong on 10th October, 2013 wrote:

James Booth was 25 years old and his native place was Dublin.

1828 Census: James was assigned to Dr. Douglas at Gerringong.

1828: TOL
20/5/1829: COF

26/12/1832: Married Margaret Robinson, age 24 (Priness Charlotte) and they had 10 children.

James and family resided at “Willowgrove Estate”, where he made an initial purchase in 1837 of 150 acres from Archibald MacLeod which would later become a squattage of about 1000 acres.

James died at Gunardoo, NSW.

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 10th October, 2013 made the following changes:

convicted at, term 7 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 1797, date of death 5th December, 1855, gender, occupation, crime