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Transportation
George Bowyer was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 119 (61) Convict Transportation Registers; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO11); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.) Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 7.0, 17 August 2013), July 1790, trial of GEORGE BOWYER (t17900707-35) George Bowyer transported for pickpocketing. (2017, July 27). Anne's Family History. https://anneyoungau.wordpr |
| 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
The Albermarle left Portsmouth on 27 March 1791 with 282 male convicts and six female convicts. She was one of eleven ships in the convoy. Not long after departure there was a mutiny, but it was foiled and the perpetrators executed. In the mean time the ship fell behind the fleet. The voyage lasted 200 days. There were 32 deaths of male convicts on the voyage. (Convict Ship Albemarle 1791 from http://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_albemarle_1791.htm retrieved 17 August 2013). It is not certain what became of George Bowyer. I can find no further reference to him. He may have been one of the 32 men who died on the voyage. No lists of those men are available. Transportation to Australia seems a very harsh punishment for the pickpocketing of a handkerchief, even a silk handkerchief.