Thomas Kiff

Thomas Kiff, one of 264 convicts transported on the Earl Gray, 04 October 1842

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Thomas Kiff
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1807
Occupation:	Ploughman
Date of Death:	6th March, 1843
Age:	36 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 10 years

Crime:	Pocket picking
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

References

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.

Did you find the person you were looking for?

If Thomas Kiff was the person you were looking for, you may be able to discover more about them by looking at our resources page.

If you have more hunting to do, try a new search or browse the convict records.

Know more about Thomas Kiff?

Contribute to this record

Community Contributions

D Wong on 18th May, 2017 wrote:

Thomas Kiff was 33 years old on arrival, he was transported along with is brother, Robert, who was also on board - they were transported for picking pockets and stealing 9/- from a man in a disorderly house.

Thomas was 5’5 1/4” tall, dark complexion, dark brown hair and whiskers, hazel eyes.could read, married with 2 children - wife Susan at native place of St. Albans.

Surgeons Report Character: very good; sick.

6/3/1843: Thomas died at H.M. Colonial Hospital, Hobart.

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 18th May, 2017 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1807 (prev. 0000), date of death: 6th March, 1843 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime