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Life Summary

Name Richard Skuthorpe
Alternative Names
  • Richard Sculthorpe
  • Richard Skuthorp
Born

13 August, 1793
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Died

2 June, 1880 (aged 86)
Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

general debility

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Convict Record
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theft (livestock) death life Suffolk 24 March 1813 (1813)
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