Name: | George Hiscock |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1810 |
Occupation: | Ploughman |
Date of Death: | 9th January, 1901 |
Age: | 91 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Violence to a surperior officer |
Convicted at: | Nova Scotia Halifax Colonial |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Gilmore |
Departure date: | 12th April, 1843 |
Arrival date: | 19th August, 1843 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 253 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 280 |
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. |
D Wong on 2nd July, 2017 wrote:
George Hiscock was 21 years old on arrival in VDL - he was transported for ‘shooting at james gingell a serjeant; john ball struck him in the right arm; I was drunk & the serjeant put me into the guard room & threatened to make a stain on my back which no water would wash out; I was sentenced to death’.
Listed as being born in 1821, although he was listed as being born in 1810 on the ‘Graves of Tasmania’ website.
George came from Marlboro, Wiltshire but was tried in Halifax, Nova Scotia - he was 5’6 1/4” tall, could read and write, single, protestant, sallow complexion, dark brown hair, brown eyes, scar on right eyebrow, anchor between forefinger and thumb left hand, wart of left thumb, scar on upper lip left side - has been a soldier.
16/12/1851: TOL
19/12/1854: CP
No marriage found.
31/12/1884 Tasmanian News, Hobart:
An old inmate of the Invalid Depot
named George Hiscock was sentenced to
two week’s imprisonment for violently
assaulting another invalid inmate yesterday.
9/1/1901: George died at the New Town Charitable Institution, listed as 91 years old (born 1810) and buried at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart. (Source: Graves of Tasmania website, death not listed on ‘Linctas’.
D Wong on 2nd July, 2017 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1810 (prev. 0000), date of death: 9th January, 1901 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
This record was discovered and printed on ConvictRecords.com.au