Matthew Gibson

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	-
Convicted at:	York, North Riding Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Dick
Departure date:	2nd October, 1820
Arrival date:	12th March, 1821
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 140 other convicts

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 409 (206)
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.

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 19th May, 2020 wrote:

New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867

Ticket of Leave Date: 23 MAY 1827 . No; 27/527

Native Place; Wigley

Peter Hinds on 19th June, 2020 wrote:

Matthew Gibson was despatched from Sydney onboard the Isabella on 24 April 1830 bound for Moreton Bay (see The Campbelltown Convicts).

Penny-Lyn Beale on 19th May, 2020 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1798 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation