Thomas Cowen

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Thomas Cowen
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1772
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	1829
Age:	57 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	House robbery
Convicted at:	Ireland, Antrim
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Southworth
Departure date:	18th November, 1821
Arrival date:	9th March, 1822
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 72 other convicts

References

Primary source:	http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi
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Community Contributions

D Wong on 29th March, 2019 wrote:

Thomas Cowen was listed as 50 years old on arrival. Listed as 48 years old on his Indent on Ancestry.
Native Place: Dublin.

Thomas was 6’0” tall, stout build, grey eyes, dark brown hair, sore on left leg, bald head.

Occupation: Linen draper.

15/8/1827: COF (reported to have died).

1829: NSW BDM - Thomas Cowen, aged 58.
No district given.

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 29th March, 2019 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi (prev. ), firstname: Thomas, surname: Cowen, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1772, date of death: 1829, gender: m, occupation, cr