Thomas Owen

Thomas Owen, one of 300 convicts transported on the Coromandel, 27 October 1819

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Thomas Owen
Aliases:	William
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1782
Occupation:	Clerk
Date of Death:	1859
Age:	77 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 60 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Uttering forged notes
Convicted at:	Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Coromandel
Departure date:	27th October, 1819
Arrival date:	5th April, 1820
Place of arrival	New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 299 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 254 London England Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1538-1812: St Olaves Marriage Registers for 1778 (Ancestry.com)
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

Margaret Jones on 15th February, 2013 wrote:

Thoams was born in 1782 at Bermondsey, London, England. His parents were James Owen, a brewer & Eleanor Williams. The parents were married atSt Olaves, Southwark, Surrey. Thoams had three sisters: Eleanor (b. 1779); Elizabeth (b. 1784) & Amelia (b. 1808) & one brother unnamed (b. 1790)

Helen Pearce on 1st June, 2017 wrote:

Wife Elizabeth and children joined him in 1820

Convict Changes History

Margaret Jones on 15th February, 2013 made the following changes:

source, gender, occupation, crime

Helen Pearce on 1st June, 2017 made the following changes:

alias1: William, date of birth: 1782 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1859 (prev. 0000)