George Weston

George Weston, one of 250 convicts transported on the London, 15 March 1844

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	George Weston
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1822
Occupation:	Wood turner
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 10 years

Crime:	Housebreaking
Convicted at:	Leicester Boro' Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	10 years
Ship:	London
Departure date:	15th March, 1844
Arrival date:	9th July, 1844
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 249 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 41 (22). Tasmanian Archives - convicts.
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

Carol Axton-Thompson on 28th December, 2014 wrote:

George Weston was convicted at Leicester on 01/01/1844 for housebreaking - stealing coins and jewellery. 10yr sentence. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ‘London’ arriving 10/07/1844.

Single man, turner, aged 21yrs, 5’1 3/4”; Protestant; can read & write.
Native Place: Leicester
Father - John; Mother - Rosanna
Brothers - John, Benjamin & Thomas
Sisters - Rosanna, Elizabeth & Lydia.

Station Gang: Southport. Probation 15mths.
No offences on Conduct Record

Certificate of Freedom 06/06/1855.

Note on Record of a further conviction in Colony in Hobart in 1855.

Convict Changes History

Carol Axton-Thompson on 28th December, 2014 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 41 (22). Tasmanian Archives - convicts. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 41 (2