Name: | Thomas Sheridan |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | - |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 10 years
Crime: | Sedition |
Convicted at: | Ireland, Cavan |
Sentence term: | 10 years |
Ship: | Neptune |
Departure date: | 18th April, 1849 |
Arrival date: | 5th April, 1850 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land. [Originally for Cape of Good Hope, however due to anti-convict sentiment, ship eventually sailed for Van Diemen's Land.] |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 305 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 9 (6) |
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. |
D Wong on 27th May, 2014 wrote:
Thomas Sheridan was given a Conditional Pardon on arrival in VDL.
14/10/1852: Was a steerage passenger per ‘Swift’ Launceston to Melbourne.
Mary Jane O'Meara on 27th May, 2014 made the following changes:
occupation, crime
D Wong on 27th May, 2014 made the following changes:
gender: m
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