Overseas Part 3

Rocketts Overseas - Part 3

George Rockett of Birkin - transported to Norfolk Island in 1844.

Mark Rockett of Birkin - transported to Australia in 1858 (?)

Convict No 5014
Ship Name Lord Raglan
Ship Arrival Date 1 Jun 1858
Alias aka ROCKELL
Birth Date 1824
Deceased 1 Jan 1879
Place of Death Albany
Marital Status Unmarried
Occupation boatman
Literacy semi lit
Sentence Date 1856
Sentence Province York
Sentence Country England
Length of Sentence 6yrs
Crime burglary
Ticket of Leave Date 30 Nov 1859
Conditional Pardon Date 27 Jun 1856
Conditional Pardon Place Bunbury
Certified Freedom Date 13 May 1864

This is Mark’s entry in the convict records -

Other information found includes his christening in Birkin on 30-Apr-1826 and a possibility that his death in 1879 was murder.

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