Mathew Butler

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Mathew Butler
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1789
Occupation:	Mason and labourer
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Burglary
Convicted at:	Ireland, Sligo
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Southworth
Departure date:	18th November, 1821
Arrival date:	9th March, 1822
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 72 other convicts

References

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

D Wong on 12th March, 2019 wrote:

Mathew Butler was 32 years old on arrival.
Native Place: Sligo.

Crime: Burglary and abduction.

Mathew was 5’4½’ stout, grey eyes, brown hair, scar on left eye.

Colonial Secretary Papers:
BUTLER, Matthew. Per “Southworth”, 1822

1825 Feb 7: On lists of convicts employed by John Dight of Richmond free of expense to the Crown; from Mar 1822 (Fiche 3128; 4/1841A No.217 pp.388, 392)

1830: TOL Windsor.

16/10/1832: Permission to marry Mary Hickey (Hooghly) aged 20, on Bond. Mathew was 43 had a TOL.

7/11/1832: Applied again.

No Registration found.

31/12/1847: (newspaper date) CP

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 12th March, 2019 made the following changes:

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