John Keenan

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	John Keenan
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1809
Occupation:	Indoor servant
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Felony
Convicted at:	Ireland, Tipperary Assizes, Clonmel
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Borodino
Departure date:	11th February, 1828
Arrival date:	12th July, 1828
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 41 other convicts

References

Primary source:	http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/convicts.htm
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Community Contributions

D Wong on 11th February, 2016 wrote:

John Keenan was transported for ‘Felony in a dwelling house (robbing his master).

John was 19 years old, 5’6 ¼” tall, dark complexion, black hair, hazel eyes, RC.

19/1/1830: Cox’s River – Robbery in a dwelling house – 3 years – sent to Moreton Bay per ‘Lucy Ann’.

18/4/1833: Returned to Sydney.

16/4/1835: Servant from Dublin. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Paterson. Remanded and sent to the police department for punishment 18 May.

21/4/1840: John Keenan admitted to Newcastle gaol from New England charged with burglary. Sent for trial.

1842: TOL Muswellbrook

23/4/1844: Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Peel River border police office charged with gross disorderly conduct and drunkenness and making away with property entrusted to his care. Ticket of leave recommended to be cancelled and returned to Hyde Park Barracks.

1/5/1844: TOL Cancelled for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, Tamworth, Peel’s River.
1845: TOL Queanbeyan
9/6/1849: CP

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 11th February, 2016 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 99 years, voyage, source: http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/convicts.htm (prev. ), firstname: John, surname: Keenan, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1809, date of death: 0000, gender: m, occupation, crime