Name: | Michael Byrne |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1818 |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Horse theft |
Convicted at: | Carlow County |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Hero |
Departure date: | 15th March, 1835 |
Arrival date: | 31st August, 1835 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 62 other convicts |
Primary source: | Convict Annotated Printed Indentures 1835; Ticket of Leave records and The Lanyon Saga by Bruce Moore (1982) |
Source description: |
Wendy Smith on 5th July, 2019 wrote:
Described in the Annotated records as being 19 years old; could neither read and write: Status single; Religion Catholic: Native place County Wicklow and was a farm labourer; Was convicted of horse stealing at Carlow on 9 July 1834 for life; Had no prior convictions; Height 5 feet 5 1/2 inches: Complexion Ruddy; Hair Light sandy brown and had grey eyes. Prisoner number 35-1821.
Assigned to Mr James Wright at Lanyon Station. Lanyon is now located in southern Canberra, ACT.
Ticket of leave dated April 1843, Number 43/2144. Applied for by Mr James Wright. Certificate of Freedom number 48/1948.
Wendy Smith on 5th July, 2019 made the following changes:
convicted at, term: 99 years, voyage, source: Convict Annotated Printed Indentures 1835; Ticket of Leave records and The Lanyon Saga by Bruce Moore (1982) (prev. ), firstname: Michael, surname: Byrne, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth:
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