Joseph Booth

Joseph Booth, one of 230 convicts transported on the Isabella, April 1818

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Joseph Booth
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1799
Occupation:	Tailor
Date of Death:	1885
Age:	86 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Burglary
Convicted at:	Lancaster Assizes
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Isabella
Departure date:	3rd April, 1818
Arrival date:	14th September, 1818
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 232 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 13 (8)
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

D Wong on 20th May, 2018 wrote:

2/9/1817 Manchester Mercury, England: Prisoners that have taken their trials - Joseph Booth, John Hankin, and William Grifith, burglary at Liverpool - Guilty.

Joseph Booth was about 19 years old on arrival in NSW.

Colonial Secretary Papers:
BOOTH, Joseph. Per “Isabella”, 1818

1818 Sep 22: On list of convicts disembarked from the “Glory” and “Isabella” and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.57)

1821 May: Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.24)

5/6/1821: Married Hannah Cooper at St Johns, Parramatta - Hannah arrived free per ‘Ann 1810’ - her father Robert Cooper was a soldier in the 11/73 regiment. Hannah was born 1803-1874. They had 15 children.

1828 Census: Joseph, 29, free by servitude, Isabella, 1818, 7 years, Protestant, tailor, Parramatta
Booth, Hannah, 24, came free, Ann, 1809, Protestant
Booth, Jos. Jr. 7, born in the colony
Booth, Eliza, 6 born in the colony
Booth, Robert 3, born in the colony
Booth, James 1 born in the colony

C1885: Joseph died at Parramatta.

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 20th May, 2018 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1799 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1885 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime