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Name

George Guest

Alternative Names

George Guess

Born

c. 1767
Prestbury, Gloucestershire, England

Died

23 March, 1841 (aged ~ 74)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Cause of Death

general debility

Cultural Heritage

English

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

Related Entries

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Birch, Thomas William (son-in-law)

Passenger Ship *

Alexander (1788) (convict)

Occupation or Descriptor *

convict (1788-1790) New South Wales, Australia
convict (1790-1791) Norfolk Island, Australia
farmer (1792-1805) Norfolk Island, Australia
farmer (1805-1841) Tasmania, Australia
landowner (1810-1841) Tasmania, Australia

Key Events *

First Fleet (1788) (convict)

Maps *

Map of the Settlements on and near the Derwent River, Van Diemen's Land 1819, G W Evans (location)

Key Places *

Censor hulk (London) (convict, 1784-1787)

Convict Record

Crime	Sentence	Commuted To	Court	Trial Date
theft (livestock)	7 years	-	-	-

* Dates are approximate