Jeremiah Faris

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Jeremiah Faris
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1830
Occupation:	Labourer
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 10 years

Crime:	Cow stealing
Convicted at:	Ireland. Kerry
Sentence term:	10 years
Ship:	Rodney
Departure date:	24th November, 1852
Arrival date:	12th February, 1853
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 39 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Tasmanian Archives
Source description:

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Community Contributions

Nell Murphy on 14th April, 2016 wrote:

Jeremiah Faris was convicted at Kerry, Ireland 1850 for cow stealing. 10yr sentence. Previous convictions. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ship ‘Rodney’ arriving 12/2/1853.

Single; labourer; 20 yrs; Roman Catholic.
Native Place: Co. Kerry.

Assignments in Colony.
Ticket of Leave 2/1/1855
Conditional Pardon 18/12/1855

Further charge in Colony 7/2/1857 Hobart. Guilty, to be hanged. Free Pardon granted 24/2/1857.

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 14th April, 2016 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 10 years, voyage, source: Tasmanian Archives (prev. ), firstname: Jeremiah, surname: Faris, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1830, date of death: 0000, gender: m, occupation, crime