| Name: | John Thomas Higgins |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | 1813 |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Date of Death: | 27th December, 1877 |
| Age: | 64 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
| Crime: | Stealing flannel |
| Convicted at: | Central Criminal Court |
| Sentence term: | 7 years |
| Ship: | Waterloo |
| Departure date: | 2nd October, 1837 |
| Arrival date: | 8th February, 1838 |
| Place of arrival | New South Wales |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 223 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 147 (75) |
| 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. |
John Bates on 21st March, 2016 wrote:
After gaining his Certificate of Freedom 10 April 1844 he married Eliza Sheather on the 22 April 1844 and ran a Butchers Shop at 146 Woolloomooloo St [later renamed Cathedral St], Sydney. They had 10 children, 3 boys and 7 girls. He owned a house at Brougham St, Glebe and died 27 December 1877.
Robert Mote on 23rd December, 2012 made the following changes:
date of birth 1813, date of death 27th December, 1877, gender, crime
John Bates on 21st March, 2016 made the following changes:
occupation
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