Australian Convict Ship Project

Genealogical Research into the Crew, Convicts and other Passengers travelling on Ships to Australia during the convict era.

Statistics


 Description   Quantity 
Total Individuals 3,047  
Total Males 2,545 (83.52%)  
Total Females 407 (13.36%)  
Total Unknown Gender 95 (3.12%)  
Total Living 2  
Total Families 312  
Total Unique Surnames 1,469  
Total Photos 475  
Total Documents 29  
Total Headstones 0  
Total Histories 0  
Total Recordings 0  
Total Videos 0  
Total Sources 322  
Total Source Citations 2,404  
Average Lifespan1 61 years, 30 days  
Earliest Birth (Abraham JAMES Abt 1735  

 Longest Lived1   Age 
James TETLOW 100 years  
Joseph Francis COOPER 95 years  
Johannes Elizabeth BAUGHAN 93 years  
Reuben James COOPER 92 years  
Sheila Walters AHWANG 90 years 336 days  
Francis Richard COOPER 90 years  
James Park LAUDER 90 years  
Jane MARCHANT 89 years  
Elizabeth Ellen ILLINGWORTH 87 years 46 days  
Laurence James MURPHY 87 years  


1 Age-related calculations are based on individuals with recorded birth and death dates. Due to the existence of incomplete date fields(e.g., a death date listed only as "1945" or "BEF 1860"), these calculations cannot be 100% accurate.

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