Joseph Cane

Joseph Cane, one of 170 convicts transported on the Georgiana, 24 November 1828

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Joseph Cane
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1806
Occupation:	Tailor's boy
Date of Death:	1867
Age:	61 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Indecent behaviour
Convicted at:	Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Georgiana
Departure date:	24th November, 1828
Arrival date:	20th April, 1829
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 171 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 535 (269)
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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Community Contributions

Wendy Ganly on 13th February, 2021 wrote:

Place of origin - Liverpool
Voyage 64; Index No. 10576; Name Indexes 1378884
Appropriation List - CON27/1/4 Convict 935, Image 4
Conduct Record - CON31/1/6 Convict 935, Image 317
Description List - CON18/1/8 Page 97, Image 55
CON23/1/1
Muster Roll CSO1/1/390 Page 8829 [Nothing found]

Convict Changes History

Wendy Ganly on 13th February, 2021 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1806 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1867 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime