Francis Robertson

Francis Robertson, one of 200 convicts transported on the John, 26 January 1832

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Francis Robertson
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1814
Occupation:	Lace maker
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Theft
Convicted at:	Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	John
Departure date:	26th January, 1832
Arrival date:	8th June, 1832
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 199 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 260
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 28th February, 2013 wrote:

Francis Robertson was 17 years old when indicted, along with John Atwick (John 1832) for stealing, at St James, Westminster, 20 yards of woollen cloth, value £20, 30 yards of kerseymere, value £15 and 1 waistcoat, value 20s., the goods of Thomas Dicketts, a tailor, in his dwelling house.

29/8/1832: Lacemaker assigned to J P Webber.

1840: TOL Penrith
1842,43,44,45: TOL Passport Penrith Bench.
1/3/1848: CP

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 28th February, 2013 made the following changes:

date of birth 1814, gender, occupation, crime