Henry Wood

Henry Wood, one of 192 convicts transported on the Merchantman, 10 October 1862

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Henry Wood
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	Tailor
Date of Death:	27th December, 1879
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 60 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Obtaining money under false pretenses
Convicted at:	Central Criminal Court
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Merchantman
Departure date:	10th October, 1862
Arrival date:	14th February, 1863
Place of arrival	Western Australia
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 192 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Millbank Prison registers: Male Prisoners Volume 7 series H024 Portland Prison -Source PCOM2 Piece number 387. Portland prison, dorset: general record of prisoners Tenedos Prison Hulk H08 Piece 138 From Attested List Tenedos Prison, Bermuda 31/12/1858 page 335 entry #323 Boaz Island Prison - HO8 piece 139 page 295 prisoner #1487
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

Sharon Mills on 3rd March, 2016 wrote:

Convict Number 6982.
Crime - Threatening to accuse a person of an infamous crime, with the intent to extort money.
Ticket of Leave 17 January 1864
Marriage 28 November 1864
Conditional Pardon 20 September 1869
Death 27 December 1879

Sharon Mills on 23rd June, 2018 wrote:

19 September 1857 • Millbank Prison
15 July 1858 Portland Prison
22 September 1858 Sailed To Bermuda on the True Briton
1 December 1858 Tenedos Prison Hulk
2 December transferred to Bermuda Island Prison
31 March 1859 Boaz Island Prison

Convict Changes History

Sharon Mills on 3rd March, 2016 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 490http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/images.jsp?doc=185708170053 http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/Pages/Convict.aspxhttp://www.eastperthcemeteries.com.a

Sharon Mills on 23rd June, 2018 made the following changes:

source: Millbank Prison registers: Male Prisoners Volume 7 series H024 Portland Prison -Source PCOM2 Piece number 387. Portland prison, dorset: general record of prisoners Tenedos Prison Hulk H08 Piece 138 From Attested List Tenedos Prison, Bermuda 31/12/