Solomon Booth

Solomon Booth, one of 173 convicts transported on the Morley, 19 September 1822

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Solomon Booth
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1794
Occupation:	Frs labourer & ploughman
Date of Death:	19th March, 1823
Age:	29 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Horse theft
Convicted at:	Chester Session of Pleas
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Morley
Departure date:	19th September, 1822
Arrival date:	11th January, 1823
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 172 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 203 (102)
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.

Did you find the person you were looking for?

If Solomon Booth was the person you were looking for, you may be able to discover more about them by looking at our resources page.

If you have more hunting to do, try a new search or browse the convict records.

Know more about Solomon Booth?

Contribute to this record

Community Contributions

D Wong on 30th April, 2018 wrote:

Solomon Booth was listed as 28 years old on arrival in VDL - he was 5’8¼” tall, brown hair and eyes, Wife & 2 ch at N.P. Glosham Dale Derby Betsy Booth, Uncle & Aunts at N.P. last worked for Mr John Timothy at N.P.

19/3/1823: Solomon Booth died, aged 30.
Death registered in Hobart.

Maureen Withey on 31st July, 2020 wrote:

Chester Assizes.—Prisoners confined in our Castle for trial at the approaching assizes : ... —2. Solomon Booth, 3. Thomas Handford, and 4. Samuel Handford, for stealing a mare, at Dukenfield. ...
Chester Courant, 12 March 1822.

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 30th April, 2018 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1794 (prev. 0000), date of death: 19th March, 1823 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime