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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
John Allman was transported on the Lady Kennaway, departing 27th Oct 1834 and arriving 13th Feb 1835 with 307 passengers.
The 'Lady Kennaway' was built in Calcutta in 1817. A large ship of 584 tons. Transported convicted prisoners to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1834, via Cork, Ireland. Other voyages, to New South Wales, in 1836 and Van Diemen's Land in 1851. Image acknowledgement to Grosvenor Prints. Painted by J.W. Huggins.
Lady KennawayReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 394 |
| 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 |
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Convict Notes
OCCUPATION: Listed as a "boy" with no occupation. He was 13 on arrival in VDL (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-10$init=CON18-1-10p64).
MARRIAGE? On 22 July 1840, John Hallman, a convict labourer aged 23, married Ann Lush, 23 and free, at St John's Church in Launceston with the consent of the government (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-2p46j2k).
On the voyage: According to the Surgeon's report, he received three dozen lashes on the back side for indecently exposing himself to two other men. In VDL: There are numerous entries in his Conduct Record, commencing in 1835, that detail his "misbehaviour", such as absconding, and the punishments meted out. On October, 1839 he was fully committed for trial for absconding and committing a felony. He was sent to a road gang, from which he absconded. As a result, he was sentenced to transportation for two years and recommended to be removed to Port Arthur. On 10 June 1841, while working as a carpenter for the government, he was committed for trial for burglary. This time he was to be sent to Port Arthur but a subsequent entry on his record says: "This man who was recently committed for trial before the court... and acquitted has been ordered by the Lieut. Governor to be removed to Cleveland on probation for 12 months and conduct to be specifically reported at the end of that time". On 11 October 1841, John Allman again absconded - from his road party at Cleveland - and remained "illegally at large until apprehended on the 6th instant. Recommended that his existing sentence of hard labour [12 months] be served at Port Arthur" (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON32-1-3$init=CON32-1-3p4).
NATIVE PLACE: Newport, Shropshire. TRIED: 30 December 1833 and transported for larceny which he described as "stealing two rabbits, one for a pie" (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-2$init=CON31-1-2p122).