Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

405: STEEL, Edmund
Born:	about 1785	Died:	1865
Also known as:	STEEL
Family Relationships:
Group:	Wessex (Berks, Dorset, Hunts, Wilts)
Where tried :	Berkshire County	Native Place:	Crux Easton, Hampshire
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Crime:	Machine breaking/ demolishing	Sentence:	Life
Prior Offences:	0	*Hulk:	1386
Order of Loading:	222	Transport:	Eliza, to Van Diemens Land

Post-transportation History

*Police Number:	S1307
Times charged:	0	Times punished:	0
Granted Ticket of Leave:		Date of Pardon:	26 May 1837
Type of Pardon:	Free, absolute pardon
Post-sentence History:	Victoria resident
Marriages:	England Van Diemens Land, 1837
Place of Death:	Victoria

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Notes:

*Hulk Numbers
Four figure numbers refer to the York Hulk, others, the Leviathan.  No number means either unknown or not held in a hulk
*Police Number
This is shown when known.  In Van Diemens Land the initial letter was the first letter of the convicts surname.

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