Robert Albert

Robert Albert, one of 188 convicts transported on the Recovery, 30 July 1819

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Robert Albert
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1804
Occupation:	'ploman' & farm labourer
Date of Death:	24th December, 1841
Age:	37 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Felony
Convicted at:	Lincoln. Boston Boro Quarter Session and Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Recovery
Departure date:	30th July, 1819
Arrival date:	18th December, 1819
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 187 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 193 (98). NSW, Convict General Muster, 1822 (HO 10/36) and 1825 (HO 10/19). State Archives NSW; Series:NRS 12188;Item:[4/4006];Microfiche:642. NSW State Records, Convict Index [4/4424; Reel 602]. NSW, Aust., 1828 Census (TNA Copy), HO 10/21. UK, Prison Hulk Registers, Justitia, HO 9/4
Source description:	This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project.

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Community Contributions

Iris Dunne on 16th January, 2018 wrote:

HO 11/3 - shows Robert Albert, Trial 16 July 1818, Sentence: 7 years, no crime
UK, Prison Hulk: Justitia, Moored: Woolwich, aged 14, Date received: 21 August 1818, transported 23 July 1819, Crime: (hard to read, written in abbreviations “I4?W?app”, possibly intent to wound)
1818-1819 - Convict Indents, aged 15, Calling: Labour, no crime
1822 - in Government employ, Newcastle
1825 - Laboror, Sydney
1 August 1825, Certificate of Freedom No. 003/4107, Calling: Labourer, aged 21, Birth year abt.1804, Remarks:Sent to Newcastle 1 October 1821 for 2 years for absconding himself from the Barracks.
1828 NSW Census (Australian Copy)and(TNA Copy), aged 23, Est. birth year: abt 1805, District: Patersons Plains, Labourer to Employment: Jacob Bowden, residence: Mount Pleasant

D Wong on 10th February, 2018 wrote:

24/7/1818 Stamford Mercury Lincolnshire, England:
Robert Albert and Richard Machin, convicted of felonies at Boston borough sessions, and sentenced to transportation.
(No Richard Machin found on our lists).

D Wong on 10th February, 2018 wrote:

Albert Robert Recovery 1819 - died 24/12/1841 at the Newcastle (hospital) - Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle. Burials p7q
Free pauper. Died aged 41.
NSW BDM: ALBERT ROBERT 1347/1841 V18411347 25B AGE 41.

Convict Changes History

dick albert on 16th January, 2018 made the following changes:

voyage, date of birth: 1791 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1861 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation

Iris Dunne on 16th January, 2018 made the following changes:

voyage, source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 193 (98). NSW, Convict General Muster, 1822 (HO 10/36) and 1825 (HO 10/19). State Archives NSW; Series:NRS 12188;Item:[4/4006];Microfiche:642.

D Wong on 10th February, 2018 made the following changes:

crime

D Wong on 10th February, 2018 made the following changes:

date of death: 24th December, 1841 (prev. 1861)