Name: | John Cockram |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1821 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | 2nd June, 1897 |
Age: | 76 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 10 years
Crime: | Stealing cheese |
Convicted at: | Somerset Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 10 years |
Ship: | Canton |
Departure date: | 20th September, 1839 |
Arrival date: | 12th January, 1840 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 240 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 94. Tasmanian Archives. |
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. |
Nell Murphy on 5th April, 2019 wrote:
John COCKRAM was convicted at Somerset, England on 7 Jan 1839 for stealing a cheese from a warehouse. Previouse conviction & imprisonment. 10 yr transportation sentence. Hulk report: “good”. Sent to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Australia per the ship “Canton” arriving 12 Jan 1840. Ship surgeon’s report: “well behaved”.
Single man; aged 21 yrs; a labourer; 5’7 1/2” height.
Native place of birth: Bridgewater.
Colony of VDL:
Numerous reports of misconduct and punishments.
22 Feb 1849: Certificate of Freedom issued.
D Wong on 2nd July, 2020 wrote:
2/6/1897: Died as John Cochrane at the New Town Charitable Institution, of Senilis, aged 80 - buried at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery.
Listed as a Groom, born England.
Nell Murphy on 5th April, 2019 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 94. Tasmanian Archives. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 94), date of birth: 1
D Wong on 2nd July, 2020 made the following changes:
date of death: 2nd June, 1897 (prev. 0000)
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