Name: | John Healey |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1818 |
Occupation: | Boot maker |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 15 years
Crime: | Coining |
Convicted at: | Lancaster Assizes |
Sentence term: | 15 years |
Ship: | Emily |
Departure date: | 25th June, 1842 |
Arrival date: | 24th November, 1842 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 239 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 126. Tasmanian Archives - convicts. |
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. |
Carol Axton-Thompson on 5th July, 2014 wrote:
John Healey was convicted at Lancaster on 24/03/1852 for feloniously having in his possession a mould for making counterfeit coins. 15 yr sentence. Previous offence for stealing clothing. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Emily’ arriving 24/11/1842. Ship surgeon’s report - well behaved.
Single man; boot closer (last employer Mr. Berry); Protestant; read & writes; 23yrs of age; 5’1 1/4”; fair complexion; brown hair; brown eyes.
Native Place - Manchester, England.
Ring on 3rd finger left hand. Tattoo on arm.
Family: Half sister, Sarah Miller at Salford.
3yrs Probation Period.
Various assignments.
10/04/1849: Ticket of Leave
31/05/1853: Conditional Pardon
21/04/1857: Certified Free, Launceston.
(Some notes of misconduct on Record sheet)
Carol Axton-Thompson on 5th July, 2014 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 126. Tasmanian Archives - convicts. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 126), dat
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