George Steeples

George Steeples, one of 200 convicts transported on the Hercules, 14 June 1832

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	George Steeples
Aliases:	none
Gender:	-

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	-
Convicted at:	Derby Assizes
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Hercules
Departure date:	14th June, 1832
Arrival date:	16th October, 1832
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 199 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 353 (177)
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.

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Anonymous on 9th September, 2011 wrote:

GEORGE STEEPLES WAS BORN IN MAY 1818 IN KIRK IRETON,DERBYSHIRE TO GEORGE AND LYDIA STEEPLES,FORMALLY OF WIRKSWORTH DERBYSHIRE.
HIS FAMILY WERE AGRICULTURAL LABOURES IN THE AREA.
GEORGE RETURNED HOME AND MARRIED MARY HENSHAW CIRCA 1850 ?.THEIR ONLY KNOWN CHILD GEORGE WILLIAM STEEPLES WAS BORN IN 1851-52.BY THIS TIME GEORGE [SENIOR] HAD BECOME A COAL DEALER BY TRADE,WHICH HIS SON FOLLOWED HIM INTO.
GEORGE DIED IN 1900 IN ILKESTON,HIS WIFE SURVIVED HIM BY TWO YEARS.