Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Robert Albert was transported on the Recovery, departing 30th Jul 1819 and arriving 18th Dec 1819 with 189 passengers.
Built 1799 Batavia, 493 tons. 1823 voyage. Also arrived the same morning, (i.e. Thursday last) from Ireland, having sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 5th April, the ship Recovery, Captain Fotherley, with 180 male convicts, in tolerable health : no deaths on the passage. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Cunningham, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 1st, or Royals, commanded by Captain Gill, who is accompanied by his Lady. Three free passengers come out by this conveyance, at the expence of the Crown. Sydney Gazette, Thurs 7 Aug 1823. 1835 voyage. Surgeon's general remarks. On 5th October 1835, the Guard embarked at Deptford, consisting of 1 staff, 1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 26 rank and file of the 28th Regiment, accompanied by 8 women and 4 children. On the 19th at Spithead we received on board 160 male convicts from the Leviathan and 120 from the York Hulk and in the 30th got under weigh, previous to which, the convicts were discharged to the hulks in consequence of their being a great nuisance on board. Source:The medical and surgical journal of HM convict ship Recovery for 5 October 1835 to 16 March 1836 by Alexander Neill, during which time the said ship was employed in passage to Sydney New South Wales
Recovery (generic)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 Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
Claims
No one has claimed Robert Albert yet.
Photos
No photos have been added for Robert Albert.
Convict Notes
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.
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).
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