Name: | William Gough |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1814 |
Occupation: | Tailor's boy |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing a handkerchief |
Convicted at: | Middlesex Session of Peace |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Larkins |
Departure date: | 11th June, 1831 |
Arrival date: | 19th October, 1831 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 278 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 120. Tasmanian 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. |
Nell Murphy on 30th November, 2015 wrote:
William Gough was convicted at Middlesex, London (14 Sep 1829) for stealing a handkerchief. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land on the “Larkins” arriving 19 Oct 1831.
Aged 17yrs; trade a Tailor’s boy, single, reads & writes, Protestant.
Father: Henry Gough
4 brothers.
Nell Murphy on 30th November, 2015 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 120. Tasmanian Archives. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 120), date of birth: 18
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