Philip Chapman

Philip Chapman, one of 306 convicts transported on the Corona, 13 October 1866

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Philip Chapman
Aliases:	none
Gender:	-

Birth, Occupation & Death

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

Life Span

Median life span was 52 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	-
Convicted at:	Norfolk, Norwich General Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Corona
Departure date:	13th October, 1866
Arrival date:	22nd December, 1866
Place of arrival	Western Australia
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 305 other convicts

References

Primary source:	'Convict Shipping & Description Lists Western Australia 1850-1868' Rica Erickson 'Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1914' William Crawford 'Convict Ship Corona 1866-Surgeons Daily Journal'
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

iain Frazier on 20th August, 2019 wrote:

Philip/Phillip was born about 1830. He was a labourer with wife & 2children when convicted as a pickpocket with previous convictions. He was 5’5” brown hair blue eyes long face freckled slim & with cats head right wrist H M E C left arm.
He was granted Ticket of Leave in 1867 & Certificate of Freedom in York in 1870.

iain Frazier on 16th December, 2019 wrote:

Phillip, an expiree, died at Beverley Western Australia in 1890 age60.

Convict Changes History

iain Frazier on 20th August, 2019 made the following changes:

source: 'Convict Shipping & Description Lists Western Australia 1850-1868' Rica Erickson 'Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1914' William Crawford 'Convict Ship Corona 1866-Surgeons Daily Journal' (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Ro