Name: | John Eastwood |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1823 |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 61 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing |
Convicted at: | York, Leeds Borough Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | John Brewer |
Departure date: | 1st December, 1841 |
Arrival date: | 6th April, 1842 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 199 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 425 (214) |
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. |
Nell Murphy on 19th April, 2016 wrote:
John Eastwood was convicted at Leeds on 28 Oct 1840 for stealing lead. Previous convictions. 7yr sentence. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ship ‘John Brewer’ arriving 6 April 1842.
Aged 19yrs; single; carpenter; Roman Catholic; can read.
Native place - Leeds.
Father: J….
Mother: Elizabeth
1 brother; 3 sisters
Station Gang - Impression Bay.
Assignments in Colony.
Ticket of Leave 26 May 1846.
Free by Servitude 28 Oct 1847.
Nell Murphy on 19th April, 2016 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1823 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
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