James Bowerman

James Bowerman, one of 199 convicts transported on the Mayda, 27 August 1845

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	James Bowerman
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1820
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	12th January, 1898
Age:	78 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 15 years

Crime:	Robbery with violence
Convicted at:	Oxford Assizes
Sentence term:	15 years
Ship:	Mayda
Departure date:	27th August, 1845
Arrival date:	8th January, 1846
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 198 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 371 (187). TAHO, CP, (CON56-1-3). State Records, Pardons (HO 10/63) and Convict Muster (HO 10/38). Trove. Engand & Wales, Criminal Registers, Oxfordshire (HO 27; Piece:76; Page:369). Aust. Cemetery Index.
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

Iris Dunne on 30th April, 2018 wrote:

Tried: 12 July 1845

Criminal Register, 1845, Aged 25, cannot read or write, Offence: Robbery in company with violence

Convict Muster, 1846, Remarks: Norfolk Island

Tickets of Leave Granted - Trove - The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas, 25 Dec 1852, Page 874, Convict Department.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65580210

Conditional Pardon dated 18 March 1856

Death: 12 January 1898, Hamilton St Peters Anglican Cemetery in Hamilton, Tasmania

Convict Changes History

Chris Bowerman on 29th April, 2018 made the following changes:

date of death: 1898 (prev. 0000)

Iris Dunne on 30th April, 2018 made the following changes:

gender: m

Iris Dunne on 30th April, 2018 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 371 (187). TAHO, CP, (CON56-1-3). State Records, Pardons (HO 10/63) and Convict Muster (HO 10/38). Trove. Engand & Wales, Criminal Registers, Oxfordsh