Name: | John Rogers Elsmore |
Aliases: | Elsmore, Roger (alias) |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1810 |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Date of Death: | 19th August, 1843 |
Age: | 33 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 56 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Theft of boots |
Convicted at: | Stafford Quarter Sessions. [Sentence not recorded]. Died 21 August 1843. |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Somersetshire |
Departure date: | 30th November, 1841 |
Arrival date: | 30th May, 1842 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 219 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 414. TAHO, (CON63/1/1 and CON33/21) |
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. |
Iris Dunne on 1st May, 2018 wrote:
Convict Death Register: No.4995, Date of Decease 19 August 1843 at St Mary’s Vale, Tasmania
Offence: Stealing a pair of boots from a little child named Martin 7 years of age at Witchfield, Prior Convictions: once for 14 days; 12 months for assault with intent to commit rape; once for rape 1 month
Trade: Farm Labourer
Iris Dunne on 1st May, 2018 made the following changes:
term: 7 years, source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 414. TAHO, (CON63/1/1 and CON33/21) (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Nu
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