James Ginn: Robbery to Respectability : Transported to Tasmania in 1835 "for the Term of His Natural Life"

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"This book traces the ancestry and descendants of James Ginn, born 1813 Farnham, Essex, England, who was sentenced to death for highway robbery. This was later commuted to transportation to Australia, with James arriving in Tasmania on the 'Aurora' in 1835. James Ginn married Jane Cox, a free woman, in Launceston, Tasmania in 1845. They had three sons - George, Arthur and James... The early associated Tasmanian family names are: Brown, Bullock, Clayton, Cox, Delanty, Dwyer, Frost, Hall, Harrison, Hillier, Smith, Sturzaker and Wise."--Back cover.

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