Name: | Edward Walker |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1823 |
Occupation: | Shoe & bootmaker |
Date of Death: | 22nd August, 1877 |
Age: | 54 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing |
Convicted at: | Central Criminal Court |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Equestrian |
Departure date: | 25th January, 1844 |
Arrival date: | 2nd May, 1844 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 290 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 3 (3) |
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. |
Amanda Walker on 6th November, 2013 wrote:
Edward married Maria Lawley (convict, ‘Tasmania’ 1844) at Cullenswood, Tasmania in 1849. They had 13 children together and also raised Maria’s son from an earlier indiscretion.
D Wong on 7th November, 2013 wrote:
Edward was born in Shoreditch and was 20 years old when convicted of robbing his employer of Boots.
Edward was 5’5 1/4” tall, illiterate, single, protestant, sallow complexion, dark brown hair, grey eyes, pockpitted, scars.
20/10/1845: Emerged from Gang
27/6/1848: TOL
7/1/1851: COF
Amanda Walker on 7th November, 2013 wrote:
Convict Permission to Marry 24 November 1848 CON52/1/3 p474. Tasmanian Archives Online http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=5
Arrival Date: 2 May 1844. Tasmanian Archives Online
http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=C&id=72685
Amanda Walker on 6th November, 2013 made the following changes:
date of death 22nd August, 1877, occupation, crime
D Wong on 7th November, 2013 made the following changes:
date of birth 1823, gender
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