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Voyage
Transportation
James Cooper was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 7th Sep 1840 and arriving 5th Feb 1841 with 322 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 218 |
| 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
1839 - 4 March. Tried 1839 - 23 May. Hulk Registers No; 4697 Age; 38 years old [born about 1800/1801] Date Received; 23 May 1839 Ship; Leviathan Moored; Portsmouth Status; Married. Unable to read or write Trade; Labourer 1840 - UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Case No; 13 Age; 41 years Disease; Scorbutus Date; 30 Nov 1840 Surgeon's Notes; An emaciated ill ? looking man .... Discharged; 28th admitted again Date; 21 January 1841 Disease; Dysenteria Discharged; Died 23 Feb 1841
James Cooper died at sea.