Isaac Birch ARDEN

1821 - 1864  (43 years)

• Name	Isaac Birch ARDEN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  	From find a grave site Isaac Birch Arden BIRTH1822England DEATH26 Jul 1864 (aged 41–42)Albany City, Western Australia, Australia BURIALMemorial Park CemeteryAlbany, Albany City, Western Australia, AustraliaMEMORIAL ID200152423 ·  A convict - Initial sentenced to death for buggery (sodomy), his sentence was commuted at the Stafford Assizes on 20 July 1859 to 15 years sentence transportation. He arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on the 'Palmerston' on the 11 February 1861. Recorded as being 'Writing Clerk' (able to read and write). Sent to Albany on the 28 March 1861. He died at the Convict-Hiring Depot (now part of the Residency Museum). Convict no. 5696. Characteristics: He was 5 feet 1¼ inches in height, brown hair, grey eyes, shallow complexion, with scar on forefinger of left hand. Single.
  Birth	1821	England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Conviction	20 Jul 1859	Stafford Assizes, Staffordshire, England
  	Indecent Behaviour (Buggery), sentenced to death, commuted to 15 years penal servitude and Transportation
  Convict Numer/Ship	8 Nov 1860	The Palmerston
  	5696
  Departure	8 Nov 1860	Portland, England   [3]
  	The Palmerston
  Arrival	11 Feb 1861	Swan River Colony, Western Australia, Australian Colonies   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  	The Palmerston
  Death	26 Jul 1864	Albany City, Western Australia, Australia   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Albany, Albany City, Western Australia, Australia   [2]
  Person ID	I30	Australian Convict Ship Project
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2023

  
  

• Sources

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