James Dogherty

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	James Dogherty
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1778
Occupation:	Reaper
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Sheep-stealing
Convicted at:	Ireland. Kildare
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 Ancestry Convict Indents
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Community Contributions

D Wong on 29th March, 2019 wrote:

James Dogherty was listed as 44 years old on arrival - 55 years old on his Indent on Ancestry.

Native Place: Mayo.

Occupation: Reaper/labourer.

James was 5’8” tall, stout build, brown hair, grey eyes.

Colonial Secretary Papers:
DOGHERTY, James. Per “Southworth”, 1822

1822 Apr 20; 1823 May 16: On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D pp.27, 30)

27/6/1828: COF

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 Ancestry Convict Indents (prev. ), firstname: James, surname: Dogherty, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1778, date of death: 0000