Name: | Edward Wilson Hodgson |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1794 |
Occupation: | Farmer & gardener's labourer |
Date of Death: | 1849 |
Age: | 55 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Uttering forged notes |
Convicted at: | Westmoreland Assizes |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | William Miles |
Departure date: | 15th March, 1828 |
Arrival date: | 29th July, 1828 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 191 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 352 |
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. |
Sally Steel on 13th April, 2015 wrote:
Worked under Mr McAdam on the Keswick road in Cumberland and became an overseer on the roads in Tasmania. TOL 1834, CP 1836, FP 1841 when he moved to Melbourne where he died in 1849.
His wife and 5 children joined him in 1830.
His eldest son William became a successful landowner and politician in Tasmania.
Sally Steel on 13th April, 2015 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1794 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1849 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
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