Name: | John Russell |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1817 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing |
Convicted at: | Lancaster Quarter Session |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Layton |
Departure date: | 26th August, 1835 |
Arrival date: | 10th December, 1835 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 270 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 128. Tasmanian Archives - convict records. |
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. |
Nell Murphy on 26th March, 2017 wrote:
John RUSSELL was convicted at Lancaster, England on 3 Nov 1834 for stealing a purse and money. 7yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) per the ship “Layton” arriving 10 Dec 1835.
Gaol Report, England: Had been convicted for minor offences previously.
Hulk Report, England: Flogged on the Hulk, for laughing in Chapel. Indifferent.
Single man; 18yrs of age; Roman Catholic.
Native Place of birth: Liverpool, England
Assigned to work services in the Colony of VDL.
Several records of misconduct and punishments.
1837: further charge of stealing. Sentence extended by 3 yrs.
1838: Absconded. Sentence extended by 6 mths. 3mths hard labour, in chains. 36 lashes.
1841: Sent to Port Arthur Penal Settlement for 2 yrs.
7 Aug 1851: Aged 32yrs. Launceston Quarter Sessions Court, Tasmania - burglary, at Carrick. Life Sentence.
1 Sept 1851: Sent to Norfolk Island (off the east coast of New South Wales).
1856: Returned to Hobart, Tasmania. (Not to enter south of Oatlands)
9 Feb 1858: Ticket of Leave granted.
1860: Colonial Conditional Pardon approved.
Nell Murphy on 26th March, 2017 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 128. Tasmanian Archives - convict records. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 128
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