Name: | William Gough |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1822 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing |
Convicted at: | Monmouth Assizes |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Barossa |
Departure date: | 9th May, 1844 |
Arrival date: | 5th September, 1844 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 321 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 93 (48). Tasmanian Archives. Departure: NAME_INDEXES:554557. |
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. |
Nell Murphy on 30th November, 2015 wrote:
William Gough was convicted at Monmouth and given a 7yr transportation sentence. Travelled to Van Diemen’s Land on the “Barossa” arriving 1844.
Aged 21yrs; labourer; single; Protestant; reads.
Brother: Philip
Sisters: Anne & Mary
Nell Murphy on 30th November, 2015 wrote:
Free by Servitude.
Departure from Launceston, VDL on 6 May 1852 for Portland Bay. Ship “City of Sydney” listed as a seaman, ex convict on “Barossa”.
Nell Murphy on 30th November, 2015 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 93 (48). Tasmanian Archives. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 93 (48)), date o
Nell Murphy on 30th November, 2015 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 93 (48). Tasmanian Archives. Departure: NAME_INDEXES:554557. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/
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