Name: | James Shaw |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | - |
Occupation: | - |
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: | - |
Convicted at: | York, West Riding Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Prince Regent |
Departure date: | 17th September, 1819 |
Arrival date: | 27th January, 1820 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 171 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 238 |
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. |
Maureen Withey on 22nd January, 2020 wrote:
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2p35
List of men sent from England to Port Jackson per Prince Regent (Anderson) to Hobart Town per Castle Forbes.
James Shaw, age 21, Can’t read it??, Tried at York 21 Oct 1818, 7 years, native of Halifax (York). Right leg shorter than the left.
Maureen Withey on 22nd January, 2020 wrote:
Another Tasmaninan Record - letter of reply to querey re James Shaw.https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2p39
Gives his age as 26 years and his trade- Fustian cutter.
Maureen Withey on 22nd January, 2020 made the following changes:
gender: m
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