Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Edward Burns was transported on the Florentia, departing 11th Aug 1830 and arriving 12th Dec 1830 with 201 passengers.
Florentia was a 453-ton merchant ship built at Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1821. Two voyages to Australia transporting convicts - 1827 and 1830.
FlorentiaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 465 (235) |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Trade or Calling: Errand Boy. Offence: Picking Pockets Remarks: To Cockatoo to serve 2 years in Irons. No 42/1492. Returned from Cockatoo 44/6880 1834. Principal Superintendent of Convicts Office, Sydney 15th July 1834. The undermentioned Prisoners having absconded ................. Burnes Edward, Fiorentia (2), 30-2405, 20, Edinburgh, errand boy, 4 feet 11½, ruddy freckled comp. brown hair, blue eyes, three scars top of forehead, forming an angle, anchor, and another mark on right arm, left third finger broken, from Depot, Parramatta, since 5th July. Second time of absconding.