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Patrick Bagnall was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 4th Jun 1833 and arriving 26th Oct 1833 with 226 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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Patrick Bagnall, for feloniously taking bank notes, amount £l40, the goods of James Thornhill, to be transported for seven years. .. Dublin Observer, 12 Jan 1833. COMMISSION COURT —Thursday, Jan. 10, The following sentences were passed — ... Patrick Bagnell, for picking a gentleman's pocket of 140£, seven years' transportation ; ... Dublin Evening Packet, 12 Jan 1833.
Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail Dublin, Republic of Ireland 12 Jan 1833: Patrick Bagnall, stealing 140/. in the Four Courts; transportation for seven years. Patrick Bagnall was listed as 29 years old on arrival. Native Place: Dublin. Patrick was literate, RC, Married, no children listed, 5'6" tall, dark sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, scar right side of under lip, scar top of forehead, small mole right elbow, nose thick, scar left side of forehead; wife, Ann McCormick or Bagnall, came free, 1833. 31/8/1838: Assigned to George Brooks. Sentenced to 25 lashes for drunkenness 29/1/1840: COF 18/2/1847: Died from disease of the lungs in Lysaght's lodging house at West Maitland. Patrick actually died on 18/2/1847 according to the newspaper report - Convict Death Register says 17/7/1847. 20/2/1847 Maitland Mercury: SUDDEN DEATH.-On Thursday morning a man named Patrick Bagnall died at Lysaghts lodging-house, West Maitland. It appears Bagnall went to the lodging-house on Wednesday last, and when Mr. Lysaght came home in the evening, he found Bagnall, who was a stranger to him, complaining of being very ill, in consequence of having bathed in a creek a fortnight or so before. At deceased's request Dr. M'Cartney was sent for, and he prescribed some medicine for him, which Bagnall took, and after eating a hearty supper went to bed. Throughout the night, however, he could get no sleep, and getting worse he died at daybreak, before Dr. M'Cartney saw him again. An inquiry was held before the police magistrate on Thursday, and Dr. M'Cartney having made a post mortem examination deposed that he found no marks of violence on the body, and that he had no doubt the deceased died from disease of the lungs. A verdict of died from natural causes was recorded.
Patrick BAGNALL was transported to New South Wales, Australia per the 'Royal Admiral' 1833. Death: Buried 17 July 1847 at Maitland, New South Wales. Free by Servitude. (ref.Convict Death Register