Name: | John Elwell |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | - |
Occupation: | Tailor |
Date of Death: | 23rd February, 1892 |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stole clothing |
Convicted at: | Lancaster, Preston Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 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 148 |
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 2nd July, 2021 wrote:
Elwell married Mary Sheriden in 1852. He worked as a Rabbiter near Rochester in Victoria. He was found dead in his hut in February 1892. A coroner’s inquest found the cause of death to be senile decay and starvation.
Jillian Brewer on 2nd July, 2021 made the following changes:
date of death: 23rd February, 1892 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
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