Alfred Denham

Alfred Denham, one of 190 convicts transported on the Anna Maria, 06 March 1848

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Alfred Denham
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1826
Occupation:	Shoemaker
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Theft~simple larceny
Convicted at:	Central Criminal Court
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Anna Maria
Departure date:	6th March, 1848
Arrival date:	7th August, 1848
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land or Port Phillip
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 189 other convicts

References

Primary source:	England & Wales Criminal Registers (HO27/80, page 197). Ancestry. Old Bailey - online. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 267 (135)
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

Valerie Dawson on 14th May, 2020 wrote:

Married Catherine Farnham in Geelong who came from Ireland in the famine.

Iris Dunne on 14th May, 2020 wrote:

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
Theft: simple larceny
21st September 1846

1779. ALFRED DENHAM was indicted for stealing 1 coat, value 6l.; 1 pair of trowsers, 6s.; 2 waistcoats, 3s.; and 1 pair of boots, 2s.; the goods of Henry Thomas:—also 1 pair of trowsers, 8s.; 1 waistcoat, 6s.; and 1 pair of boots, 6s.; the goods of William Burt:—also 1 coat, value 2l.; 2 pairs of trowsers, 1l. 16s.; 2 waistcoats, 14s.; and 2 sixpences; the goods of William Rees: to all of which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Transported for Seven Years.
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18460921-1779

Index: aged 22, Trade Cheesemonger/shoemaker, Single, arrived in Geelong E.

Convict Changes History

Iris Dunne on 14th May, 2020 made the following changes:

source: England & Wales Criminal Registers (HO27/80, page 197). Ancestry. Old Bailey - online. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 267 (135) (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Ro