Sarah Burns

Life Span

Female median life span was 58 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Felony
Convicted at:	Lancaster, Preston Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Sir Robert Seppings
Departure date:	17th March, 1852
Arrival date:	7th August, 1852
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 221 other convicts

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 372
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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Bryan Pready on 18th August, 2020 wrote:

Housemaid, Age 21, Single
Marriage with Benjamin Scott approved 25/7/1854
ToL: 15/8/1854
Cond. Pardon: 17/6/1856
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Bryan Pready on 18th August, 2020 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1831 (prev. 0000), gender: f, crime

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