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Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Canbay was transported on the Guildford, departing 31st Jul 1811 and arriving 18th Jan 1812 with 214 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 55 (29) |
| 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




To NSW per Guildford To VDL per Kangaroo or Emu No; 530 Aged; 30 years old [Aged; 33 years old, trade; Servant - CON13-1-3 Image 28] No date; Colonial Secretary correspondence Description: Approved to be appointed to the Field Police 1838 - New Norfolk Colonial Hospital. Admission dates: Nov 1838 Ship to colony: Guilford. Remarks: Admitted with mania




Tas. Records, CON13-1-3p28 A list of eight persons at Van Diemen’s land claiming their certificates of Freedom, with details of their convictions, and their descriptions taken on their arrival in Sydney Cove. Signed and Dated, Colonial Secretary’s Office, F. Goulburn, Sydney, 9 Feb 1824. Joseph Canby, arrived “Guildford (1)” in 1812; tried Gibraltar Ct. Ml., 8 Apr 1810, sentenced to 14 years. Trade, servant, age 33.