Thomas Byrne

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Thomas Byrne
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1831
Occupation:	Labourer
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 10 years

Crime:	Cow stealing
Convicted at:	Dublin City
Sentence term:	10 years
Ship:	Rodney
Departure date:	24th November, 1852
Arrival date:	12th February, 1853
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 39 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Tasmanian Archives - convicts http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-113,350,21,L,80
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Community Contributions

Carol Axton-Thompson on 13th May, 2013 wrote:

Thomas Byrne was convicted at Dublin on 10 Dec 1849 for stealing 5 head of cattle. 10 yr sentence. Prison report: well conducted.
Transported to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Rodney’ arriving 12/02/1853.

Carol Axton-Thompson on 13th May, 2013 wrote:

Single man; aged 22yrs; labourer; Roman Catholic; can read a little; 5’7 3/4”; sallow complexion; dk brown hair; dk grey eyes.
Native Place: Dublin

18 mths Probation. 183 days gained by hard work.
1854: Cascades Rd., Hobart.
03/04/1854: Absent from his post and being in a public house. 7 mths hard labour.

Ticket of Leave 03/07/1855

Conditional Pardon 10/02/1857.

Convict Changes History

Carol Axton-Thompson on 13th May, 2013 made the following changes:

convicted at, term 10 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 1831, date of death 0000, gender, occupation, crime