Name: | Thomas Thompson |
Aliases: | William |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | - |
Occupation: | Tailor |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | - |
Convicted at: | Radnor Great Session |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Ocean |
Departure date: | August, 1817 |
Arrival date: | 1st January, 1818 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 180 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 378 |
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. |
Anonymous on 16th September, 2012 wrote:
Thomas was transferred to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Duke of Wellington’, arriving there 4 Feb 1818.
Only note on Conduct Record: 20 Jul 1820 - Absent from Sunday muster.
(ref. Tasmanian Archives, convicts.)
Maureen Withey on 5th March, 2021 wrote:
Medical Journal of Ocean for 21 June 1817 to 16 Jan 1818, by George Fairfowl.
ADM 101/57/8/21818-1819
Folio 5: William Thompson, Convict, aged 58; disease or hurt, generally unwell, had no stool for five days. Taken ill, 4 September 1817. Discharged to duty 15 September 1817.
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Colonial Secretary Index.
THOMPSON, Thomas. Per “Ocean”, 1818; tailor.
1818 Jan 30 - On list of prisoners embarked on “Duke of Wellington” for the Derwent (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.35)
1818 Jan 31 - Transferred from Town Gang, Sydney, to the Derwent; appears as William (Reel 6047; 4/1741 p.224)
Maureen Withey on 5th March, 2021 wrote:
Tasmanian Records.
List of 28 male convicts embarked on board the ship Duke of Wellington for the Derwent in Van Diemen’s Land. 30th January 1818.
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1p110
The men sent to VDL on this ship all had skilled trades.
Thos. Thompson, per Ocean 3rd. Tried at Radnor Sess. 22 Apr 1816, Life, Taylor.
Anonymous on 16th September, 2012 made the following changes:
gender m
Maureen Withey on 5th March, 2021 made the following changes:
alias1: William, occupation
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