SLATER Thomas
| Name | Thomas SLATER |
| Country Of Origin | England |
| Born | 1817 |
| Died | unknown |
| Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1817, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Bapt. 23 March 1817, Saint Chad, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England |
| Parents | Thomas and Elizabeth Slater |
| Apprenticeship | unknown |
| Skills | Watchmaker |
| Work Locations | No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) |
| Marriage/Spouse | 24 December 1855, St George’s Church, Hobart, to Eliza Tunny (d. 19 May 1856) |
| Trial | 3 December 1845, Court Martial Trowbridge, Wiltshire. |
| Sentence | Transportation for life for discharging a firearm at his superior officer, Sergeant Fogarty of 1st Dragoon Guards, with the intent to murder. |
| Arrival | 17 February 1847 on the convict ship, Pestonjee Bomanjee, recorded as a watchmaker and labourer on arrival. |
| Police Number | 19549 |
| Convict Assignment | |
| Ticket of Leave | 13 November 1855, revoked in July 1856, reissued March 1857, revoked May 1857, reissued June 1858. |
| Conditional Pardon | April 1860 |
| Other | Other occupations: Labourer, Soldier (1st Royal Dragoons, soldier, ten years), groom.
Held in Millbank Prison before transportation to Van Diemen’s Land. Probation period: Port Arthur, three years and six months. 4 December 1855: Permission granted to marry Eliza Tunny, convict (ship, Anna Maria). Thomas spent more than his probation period at Port Arthur. He and Eliza Tunny were both assigned to a Mr Courtenay there in the 1850s. 1850s: Absconded at least five times and punished with hard labour. 23 October 1860: Hobart Supreme Court, charged with stealing a sovereign, some silver, and a handkerchief from a Port Arthur constable on leave in Hobart. He was acquitted and discharged. |
| Death | unknown |
| References | |
| TAHO: CON33/1/84, CON14/1/37, CON52/1/7, RGD37/1/14 no383 Marriage 1855, SC32/1/8 1860, RGD35/1/5 no868 Death 1856 [Eliza Tunny]. Web: Female Convicts Research Centre database; Ancestry: England Select Births & Christenings 1817; Australian Convict Transportation Register 1846; Findmypast: Millbank Prison Registers, Male Prisoners, Volume 3, 1845. Cornwall Chronicle 17 November 1855; Tasmanian Daily News 28 February 1857; Hobart Town Mercury 27 April 1857; Hobart Town Daily Mercury 28 May 1859; The Mercury (Hobart) 29 September 1860, 6 October 1860, 24 October 1860; Hobart Town Advertiser 6 October 1860; The Examiner (Launceston) 25 October 1860. |
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