Name: | Robert Long |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1809 |
Occupation: | Ploughman |
Date of Death: | 27th March, 1868 |
Age: | 59 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 14 years
Crime: | Stealing |
Convicted at: | Essex Assizes |
Sentence term: | 14 years |
Ship: | Georgiana |
Departure date: | 28th September, 1832 |
Arrival date: | 1st February, 1833 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 183 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 429 (215) |
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 5th March, 2018 wrote:
Robert Long was listed as being 23 years old on arrival in VDL (born 1809) also found birth date of 1804. He was transported for ‘stealing flour from his master’.
Robert was 5’4” tall, reddish brown hair, light grey eyes, C.E. Bridge 30 Sepr. 1832 2 sprigs ins left arm.
Married - wife Caroline Emma at Edmonton.
1833-35 Musters: Assigned to Mr. John McLeod.
12/2/1838: Married Ann Gilby (Edward 1834) - Listed as a Miller for the rest of his life.
Children:
25/7/1839: Robert
9/5/1841: Mary Anne
1/8/1842: Francis
3/10/1843: Wife Ann Gilby died at Campbell Town, aged 25.
3/11/1841: CP
7/12/1853: Free Certificate - Campbell Town.
30/10/1858: Married Ellen Harding/Malvalich at Campbell Town.
Children:
13/9/1860: James
1861: Dawson Charles - died 1862
23/12/1861: Dawson Cowgill
27/3/1868: Robert Long died at Campbell Town of a liver complaint.
D Wong on 5th March, 2018 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1809 (prev. 0000), date of death: 27th March, 1868 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
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