Lachlan Gillies

Lachlan Gillies, one of 190 convicts transported on the Egyptian, 05 April 1839

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Lachlan Gillies
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1820
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 7 years

Crime:	Theft
Convicted at:	Glasgow Court of Justiciary
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Egyptian
Departure date:	5th April, 1839
Arrival date:	23rd August, 1839
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 189 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 20. Linc; Conduct Record CON31/1/17, Description List CON18/1/7 Page 439 and CON23/1/2.
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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Community Contributions

Iris Dunne on 28th February, 2018 wrote:

Tried: 10 January 1839

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Conduct Record has many details: Transported for Theft, Free Certificate 1846, 9 January 1846 Transported for 15 years for Robbing and sent to Port Arthur for 4 years.

Description List: Age 19, Trade: Rope [?], another listing as Labourer
Employer: Mary Dunning 1851

Convict Changes History

Iris Dunne on 28th February, 2018 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 20. Linc; Conduct Record CON31/1/17, Description List CON18/1/7 Page 439 and CON23/1/2. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Cl