Name: | Robert Smith |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1781 |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 56 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing |
Convicted at: | Warwick Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Prince of Orange |
Departure date: | 1st April, 1822 |
Arrival date: | 23rd July, 1822 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 135 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 143 (73) |
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 11th September, 2018 wrote:
**Two Robert Smith’s on this voyage**
The other Robert Smith was tried at the Old Bailey..and died 6/2/1830.
Logic would suggest that from the birth dates that it was Robert Smith from Bilsden that died as the birth dates match - however, he was still alive in 1833 according to his conduct record.
Robert Smith was listed as 40 years old on arrival in VDL - he was born in Bilsden and was transported for ‘Stealing from a dwelling house’.
Occupation: Button maker/Soldier.
Robert was 5’7½” tall, grey hair and eyes,, RL on left arm, scar cross bridge of nose, scar on cheek.
1826: Was a Constable
2/10/1828: Public Works
29/5/1832: TOL - drunk and fined.
2/2/1833: Drunk and fined.
D Wong on 11th September, 2018 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1781 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
This record was discovered and printed on ConvictRecords.com.au