Name: | Richard Elliott |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1808 |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | 2nd February, 1855 |
Age: | 47 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 15 years
Crime: | House breaking |
Convicted at: | Central Criminal Court |
Sentence term: | 15 years |
Ship: | Thomas Arbuthnot |
Departure date: | 6th January, 1847 |
Arrival date: | 4th May, 1847 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land [convicts disembarked at Port Phillip, not Van Diemen's Land] |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 289 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 141 (72) |
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. |
Jillian Brewer on 12th September, 2021 wrote:
Richard Elliot was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Cox, on the 25 Dec 1844, at St. Paul Covent-garden, and stealing therein, 460 yards of silk, value 130l.; 461 yards of linen cloth, 20l., and 1 coat 4l.; his goods; and RICHARD VINCENT , for feloniously receiving part of the same, well knowing it to have been stolen.
Elliott was sentenced to 15 years transportation and Vincent found not guilty.
Elliott’s wife, Sarah (nee Bull) unsuccessfully petitioned for clemency.
Sarah followed Richard out to Australia, arriving in Melbourne in January 1850. They lived in Geelong and had a daughter, Sarah Eliza, in 1851.
Richard died in 1855 and Sarah the year after.
It’s not known who raised their daughter. She died in 1932.
Jillian Brewer on 12th September, 2021 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1808 (prev. 0000), date of death: 2nd February, 1855 (prev. 0000), gender: m, crime
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