Name: | Thomas Mountford |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1814 |
Occupation: | Potter |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 61 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 10 years
Crime: | Rape |
Convicted at: | Stafford. Assizes at Stafford |
Sentence term: | 10 years |
Ship: | William Jardine |
Departure date: | 9th August, 1850 |
Arrival date: | 14th November, 1850 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 263 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 321 (162). Archives Office of Tas. Item:CON33-1-98 |
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. |
Iris Dunne on 4th August, 2017 wrote:
Tried: 16 March 1847, 10 years, Transported for Rape, Single, Stated the offence Rape on Elizabeth Cupid aged 11 yrs, Trade: potter, native Place, Newcastle, age 36
D Wong on 5th August, 2017 wrote:
Thomas Mountford was listed as 36 years old on arrival in VDL. He was 5’1 ¾” tall, fair complexion, light brown hair red whiskers, brown eyes, reads a little, single, under eyelid left eye been cut.
Brothers: James, John
Sister: Ann Burslam
25/5/1852: TOL
24/6/1853: CP
Iris Dunne on 4th August, 2017 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 321 (162). Archives Office of Tas. Item:CON33-1-98 (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page N
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