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Voyage
Transportation
Emanuel Cook was transported on the Parkfield, departing 12th May 1839 and arriving 1st Sep 1839 with 242 passengers.
Built Isle of Man 1833. 496 tons. Voyage from Sheerness 15 May 1839 to Port Jackson, New South Wales 1 Sept 1839 - 109 days. (No deaths reported) 240 passengers. 31st Regiment, 6 women & 9 children.
Parkfield (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 40 |
| 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
Parkfield: Sailed 15 May 1839, From Sheerness (Kent), Arrived 1 Sep 1839, NSW, 109 days, 240 male embarked, 240 male arrived
Emanuel Cook's baptismal record states he was baptised on 16 September 1821. It makes no mention of a birth date. He died on 9 June 1879 as per NSW BDM registration.
Book: Transported Beyond the Seas: An Alphabetical Listing of Criminals Prosecuted in Hertfordshire who received transportation sentences to Australia, 1784-1866 Author: Ken Griffin, 2006 #387 Emanuel Cook, 18 years, Aldbury, 1838, Hertforshire Assizes Summer Session, 10 years, Parkfield for breaking and entering a dwelling or house (bedh) Victim: William Shannon, draper, Berkhamstead Stealing: 30lbs of tea (worth 9 pounds), 70 shawls (worth 50 pounds), 8 pr trowsers (worth 5 pounds), a jacket (worth 1 pound), 6 pr stockings (worth 11 shillings 0 pence), and 4lbs of coffee (worth 9 shillings 0 pence)
Settled at St.Marys, Sydney
Emanuel Cook was born in Hertford on 9th June 1820, the son of William Cook and Elizabeth Abbott, and was tried at Hertford Assizes on 11th july 1838 for burglary (I think his crime was theft of shawls and tea)He is listed as being 18 on the Convict ship Parkfield that arrived in Sydney on 1st September 1838. He acquired a Ticket of Leave on 18/06/1845, aTOL Passport on 03/08/1847 and a Certificate of Freedom on 30/06/1854.He married the daughter of free settlers, Harriet Luxford on 22/01/1850 and spent his years farming.Emanuel and Harriet went on to have 13 children (3were deceased) and the Area where they settled still carries the names of this once undeveloped district. It was originally called South Creek, but when the church arrived (St Mary Magdalene)became known as St Marys. Dunheved (now a suburb)was the name of the area where the Luxfords lived in England and South creek still meanders around the Dunheved Golf course and the now industrial area of Dunheved.