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BUCKLAND, Sylvanus

Origin Bath, England
Accompanying Family n/a
First settled in York, WA
Original Occupation Labourer
Occupation in Australia Engineer

DUDBROOK

Departure Port Plymouth, England
Arrival Year 1853

Fremantle

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Sylvanus came as a convict from England, after being sentenced to 10 years transportation for theft of a silver watch. He married Mary Wallace in York in 1857, they had six children. In 1859 received a Conditional Pardon. In 1860's worked as an engineer in Perth. Sylvanus died in Jarrahdale.

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