Henry Oakley

Henry Oakley, one of 152 convicts transported on the Grenada, May 1819

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Henry Oakley
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1791
Occupation:	Carpenter
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Pocket picking
Convicted at:	Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Grenada
Departure date:	May, 1819
Arrival date:	21st October, 1819
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 151 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 158
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

D Wong on 30th September, 2013 wrote:

Henry Oakley was 28 years old on arrival in NSW. He was tried at the Old Bailey for stealing 1 watch £5, 1 seal 10s., and 1 key 2d., the goods of Dominick Conner, from his person.

8/9/1821: On list of persons victualled from H M Magazines.
May 1825: On return of the sick prisoners at Melville Island 1/11/1824-30/4/1825.

27/8/1828: TOL Parramatta
16/2/1836: TOL Cancelled - for neglect of muster.
1837: Assigned to Lieutenant William Caswell, Raymond Terrace.

1840: TOL Maitland.
1845: TOL Bathurst.
10/7/1850: CP

4/10/1852: Tried at Bathurst QS for stealing and receiving a table frame - found guilty and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at Bathurst Gaol.

No date of death found.

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 30th September, 2013 made the following changes:

date of birth 1791, gender, occupation, crime