Name: | George Coombs |
Aliases: | Coombes, Combs |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1810 |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing rabbits |
Convicted at: | Kent Assizes |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Bengal Merchant |
Departure date: | 27th September, 1834 |
Arrival date: | 30th January, 1835 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 269 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 436 |
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. |
D Wong on 11th January, 2014 wrote:
George was 24 years old on arrival in NSW.
1839: TOL
9/8/1842: COF
Maureen Withey on 14th July, 2022 wrote:
The undermentioned convicts were, on Friday week removed from the County Gaol, Maidstone, and put on board the Fortitude Hulk, at Chatham :—Transported for life, Thomas Gorham, Patrick O’Brien, Samuel Swan, Thomas Day, Edward Springett, Richard Williams. Transported for seven years—Charles Scrimshaw, Thos. Richardson, William Carr, Alfred James Young, George Combs, James Wood, Edward Bennett alias Geo. Smith, Henry Simmons.
Kentish Gazette, 1 Apr 1834.
D Wong on 11th January, 2014 made the following changes:
alias1, date of birth 1810, gender, crime
Maureen Withey on 14th July, 2022 made the following changes:
alias2: Combs
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