Robert Stones

Robert Stones, one of 248 convicts transported on the Runnymede, 11 June 1856

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Robert Stones
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1825
Occupation:	Cutler
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 15 years

Crime:	Robbery with violence
Convicted at:	Yorkshire, York Assizes
Sentence term:	15 years
Ship:	Runnymede
Departure date:	11th June, 1856
Arrival date:	7th September, 1856
Place of arrival	Western Australia
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 246 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 198
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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Community Contributions

Murray Wilson on 12th January, 2020 wrote:

Ticket Leave Date: 27 Sep 1858
Conditional Pardon Date: 21 Oct 1862

Murray Wilson on 12th January, 2020 wrote:

5 Foot 6 3/4 inches tall
Dark brown hair
Dark brown eyes
Oval face
Sallow complexion
Middling to Stout build
Ring third finger left hand, mole between eyes
Per Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930 for Robert Stones

D Wong on 12th January, 2020 wrote:

29/3/1862: Married Margaret Kelsey.
Children:
1861: Robert William d 1861, Perth.

3/11/1864: Departed per ‘Kestrel’ for NSW as R. Stones.

D Wong on 12th January, 2020 wrote:

2/12/1854 Yorkshire Gazette Yorkshire, England:
THE CROWN CALENDAR
Robert Stones, 29, and Peter Hall, 36, for assaulting and robbing Michael Hamilton, at Sheffield.

1859: Self employed.

Convict Changes History

Murray Wilson on 12th January, 2020 made the following changes:

surname: Stone (prev. Stones), date of birth: 1825 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation

Murray Wilson on 12th January, 2020 made the following changes:

crime

D Wong on 12th January, 2020 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1825 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation