SWINDLE Thomas
| Name | Thomas SWINDLE |
| Country Of Origin | England |
| Born | 1816 |
| Died | 1862 |
| Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1816, Coventry, Warwickshire, England Bapt. 15 April 1816 St Michaels, Coventry, Warwickshire |
| Parents | James (watch finisher, Clerkenwell, London) and Sarah Swindle |
| Apprenticeship | Most likely with his father |
| Skills | Watch finisher |
| Work Locations | No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) |
| Marriage/Spouse | 7 September 1846, Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney, London, to Mary Govey. |
| Trial | 5 January 1835, Central Criminal Court, London |
| Sentence | Seven years transportation for stealing one pocketbook |
| Arrival | 1 August 1835 on the convict ship, Mangles |
| Police Number | 2022 |
| Convict Assignment | |
| Ticket of Leave | 1 January 1840 |
| Conditional Pardon | |
| Other | Other recorded occupations: Labourer, convict constable.
Thomas served his sentence at various locations, including Campbell Town, Launceston, and Westbury. 1842: Free Certificate. Thomas returned to England, where he married in 1846. By 1861, he was recorded as a watch finisher with wife Mary and three children. |
| Death | 1862, Shoreditch, London, England |
| References | |
| TAHO: CON18, CON31/1/40, CON14/1/4, CON52/1/2 1841. Web: Ancestry: Warwickshire England Baptism 1816 [Swindal]; London England, Marriages & Banns 1844; 1851 & 1861 England Census [Swindell]; England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index 1862; Old Bailey Online, Ref. t18350105-396, 5 January 1835; Founders & Survivors convict database. Hobart Town Courier 2 March 1838; The Hobart Town Courier & Van Diemen’s Land Gazette 3 January 1840. |
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