Name: | Robert Mackay |
Aliases: | Mckay |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1816 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 56 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 14 years
Crime: | Theft |
Convicted at: | Perth Court of Justiciary |
Sentence term: | 14 years |
Ship: | Katherine Stewart Forbes |
Departure date: | 21st February, 1832 |
Arrival date: | 16th July, 1832 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 221 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 275 (138) |
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. |
Dianne Jones on 13th March, 2021 wrote:
1831, 6 October: Robert Mackay was tried and convicted at Perth for the theft of a till and money (for “the crime of theft, habit and repute at Wellgate Street, Dundee”). He was a labourer’s boy and single.
Court records list him as Robert McKay [sic], the son of Mary Fraser, of Scouringburn, Dundee. His victim was David Leighton of Wellgate Street, Dundee. He had two previous convictions from the Dundee Police Court for stealing (see National Records of Scotland; Reference AD14/31/72).
IN VDL:
1839, October: Robert Mackay was convicted for assaulting a man named Roberts and stealing from him five one pound notes and a watch. He was placed on probation for 12 months.
1845: He was granted a Free Certificate, No.891 (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-30$init=CON31-1-30p99).
Dianne Jones on 13th March, 2021 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1816 (prev. 0000), occupation, crime
Dianne Jones on 13th March, 2021 made the following changes:
alias1: Mckay, gender: m
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