Name: | George Burgess |
Aliases: | Woodburgess |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1810 |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Date of Death: | 23rd January, 1865 |
Age: | 55 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 56 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing a sheep |
Convicted at: | Kent Gaol Delivery |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Susan |
Departure date: | 6th October, 1835 |
Arrival date: | 7th February, 1836 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 301 other convicts |
Primary source: | Pioneer Register of Goulburn & District. Volummes Pre 1860 and 1861-1901. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 176 |
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. |
Anonymous on 25th May, 2011 wrote:
George Burgess was caught stealing sheep with my ancestor Samuel Corke (ship -Henry Tanner)and Richard Ashdown (ship -Fortitude l think).George was sentencedfor 7 years and the other 2 got life .Samuel married Elizabeth Morris and had 10 children all around Victoria and Richard went to Tasmania .
Zoe Elizabeth Johnston on 5th March, 2021 wrote:
George settled in Norwood, Goulburn NSW. He was married to Ann Cuckoo. They had seven Children including the youngest William whois my great grandfather.
Narelle Hillgrove on 22nd October, 2014 made the following changes:
alias1: Woodburgess, date of birth: 1818 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1873 (prev. 0000), crime
Zoe Elizabeth Johnston on 5th March, 2021 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1810 (prev. 1818), date of death: 23rd January, 1865 (prev. 1873), occupation
Zoe Elizabeth Johnston on 5th March, 2021 made the following changes:
source: Pioneer Register of Goulburn & District. Volummes Pre 1860 and 1861-1901. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 176), date of birth: 1810 (prev. 1818), date of death: 23rd January,
Iris Dunne on 6th March, 2021 made the following changes:
source: Pioneer Register of Goulburn & District. Volummes Pre 1860 and 1861-1901. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 176 (prev. Pioneer Register of Goulburn & District. Volummes Pre 1860 and 18
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