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Transportation
Robert Burns was transported on the Pekoe, departing 10th Jul 1840 and arriving 7th Nov 1840 with 191 passengers.
Built Dundee, Scotland 1834. 379 tons. Rig type S. Transported convicts from Dublin, Ireland 1840 to New South Wales, Australia. List of 177 - 180 male persons. As this ship sailed direct from Ireland, the details of those on the voyage are NOT fully entered on this site, but being updated by volunteer researchers. Military Guard of the 96th Regiment plus 5 women and 11 children. Two boys, Matthew Wood (son of Michael Wood) and Patrick McArdle (son of James McArdle) - they were considered as free persons. Ship Surgeon, Robert Bower kept a Medical Journal.
Pekoe (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Belfast Quarter Sessions. Daniel Burns, Robert Burns, Patrick Burns, Mary Burns, Thomas Gillian, and James Murray, for receiving, and having in their possession, several articles of clothing, the property of Miss Eliza Rogers and others. Miss Rogers deposed, that her house, at Lisburn, was broken into on the morning of 11th March last, and eight dresses, two cloaks, some quilts, one pair of blankets, nine silver spoons, and a fruit-knife, with some other articles, carried off. Some of the articles that had been found in the house of the prisoners, by John Kane, a day-constable, wore identified by Miss Rodgers, as her property. Mary Burns acquitted, the rest guilty ; Daniel and Patrick Burns, to be to be imprisoned twelve months; Robt. Burns, Thos. Gillian, and James Murray, to be transported for seven years. Belfast News-Letter, 14 April 1840.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Robert Burns, alias Byrnes, Byrne, age on arrival, 19, per Pekoe, 1840. Tried at Antrim, 1840, 7 years sentence, for Robbery house. Former convictions: 3 months, 8 months. DOB 1821. Native place, Antrim Co. Trade, Weaver. Single. Catholic. Remarks: CF 48/215.