TOWNSEND
Personal Details
Name: TOWNSEND, Joseph
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Convict Number(s): 2777
Year of Birth: 1831
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Arrival Details
Ship Arrived on: Sea Park
Ship Arrival Year: 1854
Tickets and Pardons
Ticket of Leave
Date: 05/04/1854
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Conditional Pardon
Date: 07/04/1855
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Certificate of Freedom
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British Details
Relationship Status: Single
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Occupation: Clerk
Literacy: Literate
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Place of Conviction: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England.
Details of Crime: Forging Orders of Payment. Noted No Previous Conviction.
Sentenced to 10 years Transportation.
Western Australia Work Details
Western Australia Work Locations: Australind, Blackwood River, Perth.
Employment Types: General Servant, Farm Servant, Shepherd, Handyman, Cart Builder, Hay Cutting, Digging Potatoes.
Western Australian Re-Convictions
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Additional Information
Mentioned in Marshall Waller CLIFTON Journals. Employed by CLIFTON from 21/05/1856 as a Farm Servant. TOWNSEND also helped catch Bushrangers who had passed nearby.
Married Eliza PIERCE at Perth in 1860. Employed a Ticket of Leave Boat Maker in Perth, 1864. Employed 2 Ticket of Leave Labourers at Blackwood River in 1870 and 1874. Went to London, England on 05/01/1878. ( Refer WABI Cards ).
Refer to Harvey History Online Website for Convict Biography by Irma WALTER.
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