Name: | John Lawes |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1824 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | 17th February, 1849 |
Age: | 25 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing a handkerchief |
Convicted at: | Hertford, St Albans Liberty Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Elphinstone |
Departure date: | 6th April, 1842 |
Arrival date: | 28th July, 1842 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 229 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 64. Tasmanian Archives - convicts. |
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. |
Anonymous on 11th June, 2012 wrote:
Convict no.6102. Tried at Hertford 2 Jul 1840. Embarked from Sheerness 10 April 1842,voy 196. Arrived Van Diemen’s Land 28 July 1842. Protestant, can read & write. Single. 18years of age. 5’1 1/4", Native Place: Andover, Hants. Indent lists his brothers as Alfred & Thomas and states he was brought up by a woman named "Tongs". General Conduct - bad.
2yrs Probation period. Disorderly conduct & fighting; losing shirt; absent from work; feining illness and insolent to medical officer; posessing potatoes. Punishments included solitary, hard labour and lashes.
Ticket of Leave 17 Nov 1846. Free by servitude 2 July 1847.
Carol Axton-Thompson on 8th December, 2013 wrote:
Free by servitude 02/07/1847.
2nd Conviction - in Colony:
17/01/1848 Richmond, Tasmania - assault & robbery. Life sentence. 3yrs Probation.
1848: single, Protestant, read & write, labourer, 5’1 1/4”, 24yrs of age, fresh complexion, lt brown hair; stout made.
02/03/1848: Richmond
08/03/1848: Port Arthur
28/07/1848: Norfolk Island
Accidentally drowned at Norfolk Island 17/02/1849.
Anonymous on 11th June, 2012 made the following changes:
gender m
Carol Axton-Thompson on 8th December, 2013 made the following changes:
source, date of birth 1824, date of death 17th February, 1849
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