Name: | Elijah Upjohn |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1823 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | 28th September, 1885 |
Age: | 62 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing |
Convicted at: | Dorset Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Marquis of Hastings |
Departure date: | 16th March, 1839 |
Arrival date: | 23rd July, 1839 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 240 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 2 |
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 4th January, 2012 wrote:
Dorchester Gaol Record
8th April 1834: Elijah UPJOHN. Labourer of Shaftesbury, 11 years, single,
4’ 10", light brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion and has a cut on
the palm of the right hand below the little finger. Committed by R. Buckland,
Mayor and J.B. Chitty, Justices of the Borough of Shaftesbury, for stealing a
pair of trousers. Sentenced to 3 calendar months imprisonment and to be
twice whipped. Conduct disorderly - Discharged 7th july 1834.
8th November 1837: Elijah UPJOHN. Aged 15 years. Committed on 7th
November for stealing rabbits. Sentenced to 6 weeks Hard Labour.
Conduct disorderly. Released 15th De-cember 1837.
10th May 1838: Elijah UPJOHN. Aged 16 years. Committed for stealing
shoes. Sentenced to 7 years transportation. Left Dorchester Gaol on 26th
July 1838. Described as ‘Reads’ (This means that he could not write).
Anonymous on 4th January, 2012 made the following changes:
date of birth 1823-00-00, date of death 1885-09-28, gender m
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