Christopher Breedon

Christopher Breedon, one of 192 convicts transported on the Albion, 21 September 1826

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Christopher Breedon
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1807
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	1879
Age:	72 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Housebreaking
Convicted at:	Nottingham Assizes
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Albion
Departure date:	21st September, 1826
Arrival date:	14th February, 1827
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 191 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 81 (42)
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

D Wong on 13th August, 2018 wrote:

Christopher Breedon was transported for ‘Larceny in a dwelling-house.

21/4/1829: Sydney Gazette:
Breedon Christopher, Albion, 22, Brickmaker, Nottingham, 5’3” tall, brown eyes and hair, ruddy fair complexion. from No. 29 Road Gang.

1838: TOL Maitland Bench.
8/11/1839: TOL Passport, Maitland bench.
30/11/1840: TOL Passport, Maitland bench
25/9/1841: TOL Passport, Maitland bench.
1844: Recommended for a CP
2/3/1846: CP

1846: Married Hannah Lennon (most probably Hannah Mountford (Numa 1834) the widow of John Lennon (Hercules 1830) - although have not confirmed the death of John Lennon.

1879: Christopher Breedon died at Patricks Plains, NSW.

1876: Hannah Breedon died at Singleton, Patrick Plains, NSW.

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 13th August, 2018 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1807 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1879 (prev. 0000), gender: m, crime