BURKETT
Personal Details
Name: BURKETT, Solomon
Alias: BIRKETT, Solomon
Convict Number(s): 19
Year of Birth: 1804
Date of Death: 1868
Place of Death: Wellington.
Cause of Death: Suicide.
Arrival Details
Ship Arrived on: Scindian
Ship Arrival Year: 1850
Tickets and Pardons
Ticket of Leave
Date: 17/06/1851
Location:
Conditional Pardon
Date: 13/01/1855
Location:
Certificate of Freedom
Date:
Location:
British Details
Relationship Status: Married
Number of Children: 4
Occupation: Shepherd/Labourer
Literacy: Semi-Literate
Religion: Protestant
Place of Conviction: Peterborough, England.
Details of Crime: Burglary.
Sentenced to 15 years Transportation.
Western Australia Work Details
Western Australia Work Locations: Australind, Bunbury, Wellington
Employment Types: Labourer, Farm Labourer, Well Sinking, Thatching, Shepherd.
Western Australian Re-Convictions
Date
Details of Crime
Sentence
Additional Information
Travelled to Bunbury & Employed by Robert CLIFTON from 15/03/1852. Mentioned in Marshall Waller CLIFTON Journals.
Applied for wife Elizabeth & 4 children to come to W.A - arrived per " Ann McLean " 6/11/1852.
In 1856, Purchased 10 acres of land in the Wellington District and employed 2 Ticket of Leave men from 1863-1865. ( Refer WABI Cards ).
Buried in the Picton Cemetery. Refer " Inquirer" dated 04/03/1868.
Refer Harvey History OnLine Website for Convict Biography by Irma WALTER.
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