Name: | James Burns |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1814 |
Occupation: | Soldier/labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Insubordination |
Convicted at: | Agra General Court Martial |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Gazelle |
Departure date: | 6th February, 1848 |
Arrival date: | 7th April, 1848 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 7 other convicts |
Primary source: | Tasmanian Archives - convict records |
Source description: |
Nell Murphy on 1st January, 2018 wrote:
James BURNS was convicted at Agra, India on 11 Oct 1847 for insubordination and striking an Officer (Corporal Wallace) in the Army. Had served for 7 yrs in the army. Life Sentence. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) per the ship ‘Gazelle’ arriving Hobart 7 April 1848.
Aged 34 yrs; soldier/labourer; Roman Catholic; can read & write; 5’7 1/2”; fresh complexion; brown to red hair; Hazel eyes; single man.
Native place of birth: Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland.
Brother: John, at Kildare
Sister: Sarah, at native place.
VDL:
2 yr Probation Period.
1st Station: Cascades (south Hobart)
1850: at Tea Tree, Prison Barracks Hobart, Impression Bay, Huon, Browns River, South Arm.
1851: at Macquarie Point.
1852: at Port Arthur
1853: at Ouse, Hobart.
1854: at Ross, Fingal.
1855: at Launceston & Fingal.
1 Feb 1855: Absconded.
Nell Murphy on 1st January, 2018 made the following changes:
convicted at, term: 99 years, voyage, source: Tasmanian Archives - convict records (prev. ), firstname: James, surname: Burns, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1814, date of death: 0000, gender: m, occupation, crime
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