Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
George Buckton was transported on the York, departing 3rd Sep 1830 and arriving 7th Feb 1831 with 200 passengers.
The York I was built in Southwick, West Sussex, England in 1819. 429 tons. Three voyages to Australia with transport convicts - 1829, 1830 and 1832. The York II was built in Sunderland, England in 1854. 940 ton ship. Transported convicts and pensioner guards and families to Western Australia in 1862.
York (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 483 (244) |
| 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
Appears on: A CALENDAR of the PRISONERS Confined in His Majesty’s three Gaols of Durham, Newcastle, and Northumberland, to take their Trials, February and March, 1830, before the Honourables SIR JAMES ALLAN PARK, and SIR JAMES PARKE, Knights. DURHAM GAOL GEORGE BUCKTON, aged 20, charged with feloniously stealing at Stockton-upon-Tees, 13 bolls of wheat. [Original of the Calendar sold at auction in Melbourne 2022. Age is thus, so possibly born earlier than 1811.]