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Edward Grant
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Edward Grant received a Ticket of Leave for Ipswich in 1859. His freedom was short lived when his Ticket of leave was cancelled for being absent from muster at Ipswich in November of the same year.
References (online)Ticket of Leave for Ipswich, 1859Tickets of Leave cancelled - Moreton Bay Courier 9 Nov 1859New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney), Friday 14 January 1859, issue no.6, p.98New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney), Friday 21 October 1859, issue no.214, p.2316
Life Events
Date of Birth1831Place of BirthTipperary, IrelandPhysical DescriptionRuddy complexion a little freckled, dark brown hair, bluish eyes, 5 feet 7 inches high in 1851; angular scar over left eyebrow, two scars near the left elbow, large inoculation mark on upper part of left arm, several moles, three scars, and mark of a burn on lower part of left arm, several scars on back of tops of fore, third, and middle, and one on back of finger of left hand, the little finger contracted, scar inside ball of left thumb, scar inside ball of right thumb.
Convicts
Place of ConvictionGoulburn Quarter SessionsDate of Conviction19 June 1851ShipWilliam SharplesArrival Date1842Notes (retrials, etc)Tried at Goulburn Quarter Sessions on the 19th of June 1851 for housebreaking, sentenced - seven years.
Has to serve one year and seven months in addition to his sentence, the time he was at large.
Has to serve one year and seven months in addition to his sentence, the time he was at large.
Employment
OccupationLabourer
Connections
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