| Name: | James Scholefield |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | 1818 |
| Occupation: | Brickmaker and well sinker. |
| Date of Death: | - |
| Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 54 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 15 years
| Crime: | Robbery with violence |
| Convicted at: | Yorkshire Assizes |
| Sentence term: | 15 years |
| Ship: | Anson |
| Departure date: | 23rd September, 1843 |
| Arrival date: | 4th February, 1844 |
| Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 498 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 470 |
| 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 12th March, 2012 wrote:
James Scholefield was transported for robbery and stealing 32 pounds. Previous convictions were: 1 month for drunkedness and 2 months for breaking his Master’s jawbone.
He was single, 28 years old and could not read or write.
5"71/4" tall, Dark complexion, Oval head, Dark brown Hair, Dark brown eyebrows, Light blue eyes, Large nose, Medium mouth, Medium chin. He had an anchor 1835 on his right arm and a man and woman on the left arm, moles on neck and was slightly pockpitted.
His history in VDL was of absconding and being AWOL and much drunkedness.
28/6/1851 TOL
19/3/55 Married fellow convict Elizabeth Beedham.
Anonymous on 12th March, 2012 made the following changes:
date of birth 1818-00-00, gender m
This record was discovered and printed on ConvictRecords.com.au
