Name: | James Bowkett |
Aliases: | James Bauket |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1804 |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Date of Death: | 3rd September, 1875 |
Age: | 71 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Horse theft |
Convicted at: | Hereford Assizes |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Manlius |
Departure date: | 16th July, 1828 |
Arrival date: | 9th November, 1828 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 175 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 445 (224). Tasmania, Convict Pardons, 1841-1842 HO10/57. Linc, Description List CON18/1/15 Page 6 and Conduct Record CON31/1/1 and Death Record RGD35/1/44 no 499. |
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. |
Leonie Matthews on 25th April, 2018 wrote:
He married Susanna Lee 06 September 1841 in Christ Church, Longford, Tasmania, Australia
Iris Dunne on 25th April, 2018 wrote:
Convicted: 25 March 1828
Description List No.1104: James Bowkett, Trade: Farm Labourer (Fr. Lab. & pn), Age 24
Conduct Record: Transported for Horse Stealing, Gaol report an indifferent, idle, disorderly character. Hulk report “Orderly”. Wife & ch.
Conditional Pardon No.356, named James Bauket - dated 24 May 1842
Death 3 September 1875, Age 72, Farmer, Pulmonary Inflammation, Registerd: Longford - (On same page of Death Record is Susannah Bowkett, age 56, Farmers wife, Inflammation of the Lungs, death 20 August 1875)
Leonie Matthews on 25th April, 2018 made the following changes:
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Iris Dunne on 25th April, 2018 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 445 (224). Tasmania, Convict Pardons, 1841-1842 HO10/57. Linc, Description List CON18/1/15 Page 6 and Conduct Record CON31/1/1 and Death Record RGD35/1
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