CANT
Personal Details
Name: CANT, Joseph
Alias:
Convict Number(s): 3249
Year of Birth: 1830
Date of Death: 1913
Place of Death: Mt Eliza Old Mens Home, Perth, WA
Cause of Death:
Arrival Details
Ship Arrived on: Stag
Ship Arrival Year: 1855
Tickets and Pardons
Ticket of Leave
Date: 16/06/1857
Location:
Conditional Pardon
Date: 09/06/1860
Location:
Certificate of Freedom
Date:
Location:
British Details
Relationship Status: Single
Number of Children:
Occupation: Labourer
Literacy: Semi-Literate
Religion: Protestant
Place of Conviction: Boston, England.
Details of Crime: Break and Enter. Noted previous convictions.
Sentenced to 14 years Transportation.
Western Australia Work Details
Western Australia Work Locations: Australind, Bunbury, Springhill.
Employment Types: Labourer/Baker.
Western Australian Re-Convictions
Date
Details of Crime
Sentence
Additional Information
Employed by Ben PIGOTT at Springhill from 29/10/1867 to 10/1868 as Labourer.
Married Margaret CUNDELL in 1876. ( Widow of Convict 5003, David CUNDELL who died in 1872 ).
Thanks to Colin SHAW for providing details of convicts misdemeanors, which included theft of a coat & jacket, and theft of a pair of boots on two separate occasions.
Admitted to Mount Eliza Invalid Depot from Bunbury on 09/12/1886. ( Refer WABI Cards ).
Refer Harvey History Online Website for Biography on this convict by Irma WALTER.
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