DUFF Peter

Name Peter DUFF
Country Of Origin Scotland
Born 1807
Died 1866
Birth/Baptism Born approx. 1807, Edinburgh, Scotland
Parents unknown
Apprenticeship unknown
Skills Watchmaker (apprentice)
Work Locations No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)
Marriage/Spouse 8 November 1836, School House, Campbell Town, to Margaret Coffey.
Trial 16 March 1825, Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Sentence Transportation for life for stealing woollen cloth from a shop
Arrival 29 April 1826 on the convict ship, Woodman
Police Number 394
Convict Assignment
Ticket of Leave 1831
Conditional Pardon 22 June 1838
Other Recorded on convict records as a ‘watchmaker’s boy’

1845: Relocated to Adelaide, South Australia

Also known as Peter McDuff

Death 13 June 1866, Geelong, Victoria
References
TAHO: CON31/1/9, CON23/1/1, CON13/1/3, RGD36/1/3 no3587 Marriage 1836, RGD33/1/23 no934 Birth 1842.
The Tasmanian 8 November 1827, Launceston Advertiser 14 February 1831, 28 September 1837,
The Hobart Town Courier & Van Diemen’s Land Gazette February 1840, The Examiner (Launceston)
5 November 1845, Geelong Advertiser 3 July 1866.