Name: | James Bowerman |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
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
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 |
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. |
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
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
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