Name: | Jeremiah Bridgeman |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1819 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | 18th June, 1853 |
Age: | 34 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Attempted murder |
Convicted at: | Limerick |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Rodney |
Departure date: | 24th November, 1852 |
Arrival date: | 12th February, 1853 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 39 other convicts |
Primary source: | Tasmanian Archives - convicts http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-113,350,26,L,80 |
Source description: |
Carol Axton-Thompson on 14th May, 2013 wrote:
Jeremiah Bridgeman was convicted at Limerick on 12/03/1849 for shooting at a man. 7yr sentence.
Transported to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Rodney’, arriving 12/02/1853.
Aged 33yrs; single man; labourer; Roman Catholic; 5’10”; Native Place - Co. Limerick; sister - Catherine.
1 mth Probation period.
17/02/1853: Prisoner Barracks, Hobart.
DIED in hospital, Hobart 18/06/1853.
Carol Axton-Thompson on 14th May, 2013 made the following changes:
convicted at, term 7 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 1819, date of death 18th June, 1853, gender, occupation, crime
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