Charles Love

Charles Love, one of 279 convicts transported on the Larkins, 11 June 1831

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Charles Love
Aliases:	George Berkley
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1801
Occupation:	Gentleman's servant
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Stealing
Convicted at:	Leicester Assizes
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Larkins
Departure date:	11th June, 1831
Arrival date:	19th October, 1831
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 278 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 118. Tasmanian Archives - convict records.
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.

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Community Contributions

Nell Murphy on 7th September, 2018 wrote:

Charles LOVE was convicted at Leicester, England on 21 March 1831 for stealing from the person. This was his second conviction and had been given a transportation sentence to be sent via the “Georgiana” but escaped, either in England or New South Wales, - under his proper name of “George Berkley”. This offence - Life sentence. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Australia per the ship ‘Larkins’ arriving 19 Oct 1831.

Married man, 2 children. Aged 29 yrs. Place of birth: Bath, England. Gent’s servant.
Stated his proper name was “George Berkley” or “Beckley”. Link to that record - https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/beckley/george/119598

VDL record:
Present at Muster in 1830.
Note on convict record:
“Supposed to have died onboard the ship “Norfolk” at sea 1832 (or 1836). See record for George Berkley”.

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 7th September, 2018 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 118. Tasmanian Archives - convict records. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 118)