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Transportation
Robert Clarkson was transported on the Albion, departing 29th May 1828 and arriving 3rd Nov 1828 with 192 passengers.
Albion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 406 |
| 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
ADM 101/1/9. Medical Journal of the Albion, male convict ship from 9 May to 14 November, by Thomas Logan, surgeon and superintendent, Folios 2-3: 19 May 1828; twelve convicts were received from the hulk Ganymede, and sixty from the Justitia, they had all been examined previously to their coming on board the Albion. They all appeared to be healthy, were clean in their persons and dressed in a new suit of convict's clothes. Folio 3: case no 10; Robert Clarkson, convict, taken ill at Woolwich; sick or hurt, ulcer of shin; Put on sick list 20 May 1828, date of discharge unknown.
John Smith and Robert Clarkson, charged with stealing a quantity of calico, from the shop of Thomas Collier, at Witney, value 20s. Transportation for life. William Dale, charged with receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen.— Admitted Evidence. Oxford University and City Herald, 8 March 1828.  On Thursday, James Hack, Robert Clarkson, John Smith, and Edmund Morris, were removed from our county gaol to the hulks at Woolwich; Oxford University and City Herald, 29 March 1828. National Archives. Hulk Records. Woolwich Hulks, Justitia. HO 9/4_4 Page 43/51 Received 27 March 1828 John Smith, age 21, Stg calico from shop, Tried Oxford Ass, 4 Mar 1828, Life, Transp 19 May 1828. Robt. Clarkson, age 20, Stg calico from shop, Tried Oxford Ass, 4 Mar 1828, Life, Transp 19 May 1828.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents Indent No; 140. Age; 22 years. Read & write, Single Trade; Coach Builder Offence; Ship Robbery
1868, 19 October: Robert CLARKSON or WILLIAMS per Albion 1828, shop robbing, life, is on a list of so-called "British Lunatics" in the "Parramatta Lunatic Asylum" (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891).
Robert CLARKSON died on 2 May 1872 (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Convicts Deaths; Annual Returns of Convicts Who Died, 1867-1891)