Thomas Burns

Date of Birth:	1803
Occupation:	Ploughman/shearer/reaper/milkman/so...
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	House breaking
Convicted at:	York, Leeds Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	John
Departure date:	26th January, 1832
Arrival date:	8th June, 1832
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 199 other convicts

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 262
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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D Wong on 1st March, 2013 wrote:

Thomas Burns was 29 years old and came from County Meath, Ireland.

1836: TOL Patrick Plains
1837: Assigned to James Glennie.

2/10/1839: COF

20/9/1843: Age 40, applied to marry Bridget McNamara age 30, (per Roslin Castle 1836).

Bridget applied to marry John Campbell (per Jane) on 1`2/4/1841, but I found no record on the NSW BDM, also nothing on marrying Thomas Burns.

D Wong on 1st March, 2013 made the following changes:

date of birth 1803, gender, occupation, crime