SMITH George
Name | George SMITH |
Country Of Origin | England |
Born | 1795 |
Died | unknown |
Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1795, London, England |
Parents | unknown |
Apprenticeship | unknown |
Skills | Clockmaker, Watchmaker |
Work Locations | No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) |
Marriage/Spouse | |
Trial | 6 May 1818, Central Criminal Court, London |
Sentence | Death sentence commuted to transportation for life for stealing money and many items from the dwelling house of widow Ann Savage. |
Arrival | 18 March 1819 on the convict ship, Surrey (1), via Sydney, New South Wales. |
Police Number | 135 |
Convict Assignment | |
Ticket of Leave | 1831 |
Conditional Pardon | April 1836 |
Other | Other skills recorded: Sawyer, blockmaker, sailor.
While serving his sentence, George was punished with lashings, solitary confinement on bread and water, and hard labour on chain gangs. His most common offences were neglecting his duties and drunkenness. 27 May 1840: Free Pardon |
Death | unknown |
References | |
TAHO: CON31/1/38, CON23, CON13. Web: Ancestry: New South Wales Convicts Indents 1818-1819; Founders & Survivors convict database.; Old Bailey Online, Ref. Number t18180506-75, 6 May 1818. Hampshire Telegraph 18 May 1818 (British Newspaper Archive); Hobart Town Courier 12 February 1831; The Hobart Town Courier & Van Diemen’s Land Gazette 5 June 1840. |
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