Name: | Matthew Gillespie |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1803 |
Occupation: | Coppersmith/brazier |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 56 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 14 years
Crime: | Shopbreaking & theft |
Convicted at: | Glasgow Court of Justiciary |
Sentence term: | 14 years |
Ship: | Eliza |
Departure date: | 22nd September, 1819 |
Arrival date: | 21st January, 1820 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 158 other convicts |
Primary source: | NSW State Archives |
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. |
Robyn Saunders on 10th November, 2019 wrote:
Ticket Of Leave 27/179 in 1827
Certificate of Freedom 33/554 in 1833
Labourer for John Town in 1828 Muster in Hunter’s River
Robyn Saunders on 10th November, 2019 made the following changes:
source: NSW State Archives (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 228), date of birth: 1803 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
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