Name: | James Tacey |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1829 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Larceny from a person |
Convicted at: | Lancaster, Salford General Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Asiatic |
Departure date: | 26th May, 1843 |
Arrival date: | 23rd September, 1843 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 187 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 309 (156). Tasmanian Archives |
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. |
Nell Murphy on 28th April, 2019 wrote:
James TACEY, aged 14 yrs, was convicted at Salford, Lancaster, England on 29 Aug 1842 for stealing a handkerchief. Gaol report: “bad connections. Previous conviction and imprisonment”. 7 yr transportation sentence. Hulk report: “orderly”. Sent to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Australia per the ship “Asiatic”, arriving there 23 Sept 1843. Ship surgeon’s report: “general conduct good”.
Aged 14 yrs; single man; 4’8 1/2” height; labourer; Protestant; can read; fresh complexion, freckled; dk brown hair; dk Hazel eyes.
Native place of birth: Bolton (ref. as recorded on Convict record in VDL)
Mother: Fanny
Brothers: John & William
Colony of VDL:
2 year Probation Period. Station Gang - Port Puer (nr Port Arthur and specific to the rehabilitation of youth offenders)
1844: Remarks - “fair, can now earn a living from brick making”.
1845: Assigned at New Town Farm (nr Hobart).
14 May 1846: Receiving - transportation sentence extended by 12 mths.
20 Feb 1849: Ticket of Leave granted.
14 Jan 1850: at Launceston - out after hours. 14 days imprisonment, with hard labour.
3 Sept 1850: Free Certificate issued.
(N.B. There was another convict in VDL abt the same time, by same name.)
Nell Murphy on 28th April, 2019 wrote:
Brother John TACEY was also transported to VDL - link to his record https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/tacey/john/9359
Nell Murphy on 28th April, 2019 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 309 (156). Tasmanian Archives (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 309 (156)), gen
Nell Murphy on 28th April, 2019 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1829 (prev. 0000), occupation
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