Name: | Americus Salisbury |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1816 |
Occupation: | Sailmaker |
Date of Death: | 26th October, 1877 |
Age: | 61 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing |
Convicted at: | Lancaster. Liverpool Quarter Session |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Augusta Jessie |
Departure date: | 10th August, 1838 |
Arrival date: | 6th December, 1838 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 210 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 327 (165). UK, Prison Hulk Register (HO9/13). England BMD, (Registration Year:1877, Oct-Nov-Dec, Age:64, District: Salford, Vol.8d, Page:77) |
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. |
Anonymous on 25th September, 2011 wrote:
Left a wife and daughter in England - return after sentence to England had three more children - was found as ships company as sailmaker in 1856 in Aus. Died in England 1877.
Jon Powell on 3rd May, 2018 wrote:
Americus had a wife Hannah Married in 1836, their first child, Mary, was born in December 1838, 4 months after he was transported, she was raised by her grandparents in Cumberland. He returned to England & resumed his marriage to Hannah living in Liverpool & having at least 3 more children (Hannah Frances, Thomas & John). He also visited Australia again in 1857 on the ship “Contest” working as a sailmaker
Iris Dunne on 3rd May, 2018 wrote:
Convicted: 9 July 1838
Received on Prison Hulk ship Justitia, moored at Woolwich on 22 July 1838, aged 23, Offence: Stealing 17 yards of canvas, can read, Trade: Sailmaker, How disposed of: VDL 4 August 1838
Jon Powell on 3rd May, 2018 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1816 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
Iris Dunne on 3rd May, 2018 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 327 (165). UK, Prison Hulk Register (HO9/13). England BMD, (Registration Year:1877, Oct-Nov-Dec, Age:64, District: Salford, Vol.8d, Page:77) (prev. Au
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