MARTINDALE Joseph
| Name | Joseph MARTINDALE |
| Country Of Origin | England |
| Born | 1818 |
| Died | 1865 |
| Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1818, Prescot, Lancashire, England |
| Parents | Mother, Ann |
| Apprenticeship | unknown |
| Skills | Watchmaker, Watch Balance Maker |
| Work Locations | No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) |
| Marriage/Spouse | |
| Trial | 5 November 1840, Lancashire Quarter Sessions |
| Sentence | Fourteen years transportation for stealing two handkerchiefs |
| Arrival | 1 September 1841 on the convict ship, Layton (4) |
| Police Number | 2357 |
| Convict Assignment | |
| Ticket of Leave | 15 May 1849 |
| Conditional Pardon | 21 June 1853 |
| Other | Probation Period: Rocky Hills Probation Station and Impression Bay.
His convict conduct record shows many charges and punishments. Charges included theft, rudeness, striking a fellow prisoner with a stone, disobedience of orders, having a pipe and tobacco in his possession, and being absent from chapel when a robbery occurred. Punishments included solitary confinement, an extension of probation period, lashes, and hard labour in chains. October 1864: Admitted to New Norfolk Hospital |
| Death | 12 April 1865, New Norfolk Lunatic Asylum (recorded as a pauper) Cause of death: Disease of the heart and brain |
| References | |
| TAHO: CON33/1/10, CON27/1/9, CON18/1/28, CON14/1/7, HSD285/1/1916 1864, RGD35/1/34 no349 Death 1865, SC195/1/49/5896 1865 [Joseph Martingale]. The Examiner (Launceston) 4 September 1852. |
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