Name: | Robert Kiff |
Aliases: | Kaif, Keefe |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1810 |
Occupation: | Ploughman/farm labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 56 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 10 years
Crime: | Stealing fowls |
Convicted at: | Hertford, Liberty of St Albans Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 10 years |
Ship: | Earl Grey |
Departure date: | 4th October, 1842 |
Arrival date: | 14th January, 1843 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 263 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 231 (117) |
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 21st May, 2017 wrote:
Robert was transported for ‘Stealing 1 fowl, the property of Mr. Wright. He had a previous conviction for turnip tops - 1 month.
Robert was 5’5” tall, dark complexion, dark brown hair and whiskers, hazel eyes, scar inside left arm, mole back of right hand, scar below under lip, could read, protestant.
Brothers: William, Joseph, George, Stephen, Charles, and Thomas who was transported.
Sister: Catherine.
14/9/1849: TOL
26/11/1850: TOL revoked - being out after hours under suspicious circumstances.
29/5/1852: COF
18/10/1852: Married Bridget Grady (Maria 1849) at Fingal,
He was 37, a shepherd, listed as KAIF, and Bridget was 25, a servant.
Children:
Robert 17/5/1854-1909 in Mooroopna, Victoria, aged 59. (He was listed as KEEFE)
George 1856
Margaret 1858
James 1861
James 1868
William 1863
Catherine 1865
14/4/1874: Longford - Idle and disorderly - 1 month.
8/9/1874: Idle and disorderly - 3 months.
No date of death found.
Leonie Dolley on 19th May, 2013 made the following changes:
date of birth 1810, date of death 1843, gender, occupation, crime
D Wong on 21st May, 2017 made the following changes:
alias1: Kaif, alias2: Keefe, date of death: 0000 (prev. 1843), crime
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