Name: | John Grainger |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1804 |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Burglary |
Convicted at: | Warwick Assizes |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Chapman |
Departure date: | 6th April, 1824 |
Arrival date: | 27th July, 1824 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 179 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 146 |
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. |
Dianne Jones on 5th May, 2021 wrote:
TRIED: 26 July 1823 - convicted for burglary; sentenced to death, commuted to transportation for life (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892).
PRISON and TRANSPORTATION: 12 September 1823 - John Grainger, 19, convicted for burglary, life, was received aboard the prison hulk York at Portsmouth; sent from there on 25 March 1824 for transportation (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849).
Dianne Jones on 5th May, 2021 wrote:
IN VDL:
1824: On arrival in VDL, he was listed as single, born 1804.
1826: Muster - assigned to Dr Murdoch.
1830: Muster - assigned to Mr A Cotterelle.
1830, 13 December: John Grainger, a convict, married Ruth Price, a convict per Providence (1826), at St John’s, Launceston.
1831, 25 November: Granted a Ticket of Leave No.117; employed by Mr T Pitcairn at Cox Creek.
1833: ToL for Strathmore; employed by Mr T Bryan (see Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899).
1836, 1 September: Conditional Pardon No.984 approved; extended to the Australian Colonies and New Zealand on 5 August 1845. But, John Grainger may have died before this time - see below.
1844, 14 October: A John Grainger, carter, aged 40, died in St Mary’s Hospital, Hobart, from inflammation of the lungs (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-2p33j2k).
Dianne Jones on 5th May, 2021 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1803 (prev. 0000), gender: m, crime
Dianne Jones on 5th May, 2021 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1804 (prev. 1803)
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