Name: | James Kirkwood |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1810 |
Occupation: | Cabinetmaker |
Date of Death: | 1881 |
Age: | 71 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Uttering forged notes |
Convicted at: | Lancaster, Liverpool Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Portland |
Departure date: | 19th November, 1831 |
Arrival date: | 26th March, 1832 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 177 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 223 (114) |
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 4th May, 2014 wrote:
Lancaster Gazette
Sat 19 Mar 1831
Lancashire, England
James Kirkwood, 20, with uttering, at Liverpool, a forged 30s. Bank of Ireland note. — Guilty ; judgment respited.
James was the son of Robert Kirkwood (Isabella 1831) who was convicted of the same crime on the same date.
1841: TOL Maitland
30/9/1847: CP
Married: Mary A UNKNOWN b: EST 1810 and had 1 child, Mary Jane Kirkwood born 1857 in Armidale, NSW.
1861: Married Mary Ann BOWEN b: EST 1820 in Armidale NSW and had 8 children.
1881: Died at Armidale NSW.
Maureen Withey on 12th August, 2019 wrote:
Sydney Gazette, 27 Dec 1832.
New South Wales. Return of all male convicts assigned And transferred between the 1st and 31st days of October, 1832, inclusively.
Kirkwood James, Portland, cabinet-maker, to T. W. M. Winder, Windermere
D Wong on 4th May, 2014 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1810 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1881 (prev. 0000), gender: m, crime
Maureen Withey on 12th August, 2019 made the following changes:
occupation
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