| Name: | George Smith |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | 1778 |
| Occupation: | - |
| Date of Death: | 10th December, 1826 |
| Age: | 48 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
| Crime: | - |
| Convicted at: | Warwick, Assizes |
| Sentence term: | 7 years |
| Ship: | Fortune and Alexander |
| Departure date: | January, 1806 |
| Arrival date: | 12th July, 1806 |
| Place of arrival | New South Wales |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 307 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 374 |
| 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. |
Denis Pember on 11th December, 2016 wrote:
### NOTE THERE ARE TWO (2) GEORGE SMITHS on the same voyage. CHECK!
Phil Hands on 24th September, 2017 wrote:
George, who was a Bookeeper in Birmingham, was tried and convicted on 10th August 1805 at Warwick Assizes, sentenced to 7 years transportation.
Left England on 28th January 1806.
Ship:- the ‘Fortune’ sailed with 260 male convicts on board of which 4 died during the voyage.
Arrived on 12th July 1806.
By 1813 he was a Clerk to the Bench of Magistrates in Windsor N.S.W.
Married Elizabeth Robinson (daughter of convicts Edward Robinson, ‘Admiral Barrington’ 1791 & Mary Harrison, ‘Mary Ann’ 1791) on 19th October 1813 at St Matthews Church, Windsor, they had 7 children between 1815-1826.
Received his ticket of Freedom on 3rd January 1814.
George died on 10th December 1826 at Windsor age 48.
At the time of his death his occupation was described as a “Victualler”, this being a person who supplies food and stores.
Phil Hands on 24th September, 2017 wrote:
Sydney Gazette Saturday 16th August 1826.
“At his residence, Gearoge Street Windsor on Sunday morning last, at 7 o’clock, Mr George Smith, age 48 years, after a short illness which he bore with truly Christian fortitude & resignation, leaving a widow & 6 young children to deplore the loss of an affestionate husband, a tender parent & much regretted by a numerouis circle of friends”.
Denis Pember on 11th December, 2016 made the following changes:
gender: m
Phil Hands on 24th September, 2017 made the following changes:
convicted at, term: 7 years (prev. 14 years), date of birth: 1778 (prev. 0000), date of death: 10th December, 1826 (prev. 0000)
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