George Howes

George Howes, one of 112 convicts transported on the Proteus, 12 April 1831

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	George Howes
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 53 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Machine breaking
Convicted at:	Norfolk Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Proteus
Departure date:	12th April, 1831
Arrival date:	3rd August, 1831
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 111 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 83 (44)
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.

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Community Contributions

Jenny Harcourt on 6th April, 2016 wrote:

Charged with many other men with Feloniously destroying a threshing machine. He had an earlier conviction and was sentenced to 7years Transportation twice.

Convict Changes History

Jenny Harcourt on 6th April, 2016 made the following changes:

gender: f, crime