John Burns

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	John Burns
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1806
Occupation:	Ploughman
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Wounding with intent
Convicted at:	Ireland, Cork
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Norfolk
Departure date:	15th October, 1831
Arrival date:	9th February, 1832
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 79 other convicts

References

Primary source:	http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi Ancestry Convict Indents.
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Community Contributions

D Wong on 3rd May, 2019 wrote:

John Burns was 26 years old on arrival.
Native Place: Cork.

John was convicted with his brother Patrick, also onboard, for ‘Wounding a horse’.

John was 5’6¼” tall, ruddy complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes, the crucifixion, sun and moon on right arm, and harp and crown on left.

1840: TOL Queanbeyan, born Cork, Labourer.

1846: Recommended for a CP

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 3rd May, 2019 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 99 years, voyage, source: http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi Ancestry Convict Indents. (prev. ), firstname: John, surname: Burns, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1806, date of death: 0000,