Jonas Wilson

Jonas Wilson, one of 219 convicts transported on the Ocean, August 1815

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Jonas Wilson
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Horse theft
Convicted at:	York Assizes
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Ocean
Departure date:	August, 1815
Arrival date:	30th January, 1816
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 220 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 242
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

Maureen Withey on 28th October, 2020 wrote:

Yorkshire Lent Assizes.
Jonas Wilson, (48) late of Cleckheaton, charged with stealing a black mare, value 40s – Guilty.
York Herald, 18 Mar 1815.

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The following convicts left York Castle left York Castle on Monday morning, and are to be delivered on hoard the hulks, near Portsmouth: …Jonas Wilson, …
Leeds Mercury, 24 June 1815.

Convict Changes History

Iris Dunne on 9th August, 2020 made the following changes:

gender: m

Maureen Withey on 28th October, 2020 made the following changes:

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