Martin Brain

Martin Brain, one of 296 convicts transported on the Palmerston, 08 November 1860

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Martin Brain
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1825
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Robbery with violence
Convicted at:	Somerset, Taunton Assizes
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Palmerston
Departure date:	8th November, 1860
Arrival date:	11th February, 1861
Place of arrival	Western Australia
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 295 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 345
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

Ann Marie Gould on 16th February, 2020 wrote:

Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser 15 December 1858 -

Dennis Morrisey and Martin Brain assaulting Isaac Smith and robbing him of £18 at Newton St Looe The said Martin Brain assaulting James Francis a police constable.

Convict Changes History

Ann Marie Gould on 16th February, 2020 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1825 (prev. 0000), crime

Iris Dunne on 16th February, 2020 made the following changes:

gender: m