Edward Walker

Edward Walker, one of 290 convicts transported on the Equestrian, 25 January 1844

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Edward Walker
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1823
Occupation:	Shoe & bootmaker
Date of Death:	22nd August, 1877
Age:	54 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

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

References

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.

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Community Contributions

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

Convict Changes History

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