David Davies

David Davies, one of 250 convicts transported on the London, 15 March 1844

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	David Davies
Aliases:	Cantivr, Dai (alias)
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1813
Occupation:	Farmer & ploughman
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 20 years

Crime:	Rioting
Convicted at:	Carmarthen Special Assizes
Sentence term:	20 years
Ship:	London
Departure date:	15th March, 1844
Arrival date:	9th July, 1844
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 249 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 35 (19)
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

Leonie Dolley on 1st June, 2013 wrote:

David was transported for riotously beginning to demolish a house. The way the record reads he was kicking a turnstile. His alias means in Welch David the singer because he taught them to sing at Church. He received his ticket of leave in 1852.

Convict Changes History

Leonie Dolley on 1st June, 2013 made the following changes:

alias1 Cantivr, Dai (alias) (prev. Cantivr, Dai (Alias)), date of birth 1813, gender, occupation, crime