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Voyage
Transportation
George Crunden was transported on the Lady Kennaway, departing 27th Oct 1834 and arriving 13th Feb 1835 with 307 passengers.
The 'Lady Kennaway' was built in Calcutta in 1817. A large ship of 584 tons. Transported convicted prisoners to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1834, via Cork, Ireland. Other voyages, to New South Wales, in 1836 and Van Diemen's Land in 1851. Image acknowledgement to Grosvenor Prints. Painted by J.W. Huggins.
Lady KennawayReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 396 |
| 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
In May 1854, George Crunden received a Ticket of Leave. On 5 July 1855, George Crunden per Lady Kennaway was granted permission to marry Katherine Possinger (free). The couple - listed as George Crumden (37) and Caroline Possinger (24) - married on 19 September 1855 at Hobart (see Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:851417; Resource: RGD37/1/14 no 461). Nearly two years later, he was recommended for a Conditional Pardon (25 May 1857). On 26 January 1858, George Crunden's Conditional Pardon was issued (a notation on his record says it was "taken up on 4 August 1860") (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON34-1-5$init=CON34-1-5P304).
George Crunden was sent to two penal settlements in quick succession. In Hobart Town on 5 March 1839, he was tried for "burglariously entering the dwelling house of Mr J Bonney and stealing therefrom various articles". In his Court papers, the circumstances are summarised as: "Burglary in the dwelling house of James Bonney and stealing 2 bags containing tea and sugar value 2/- and 1 pair of trowsers value 12/- the property of James Bonney and 1 pair of boots value 12/- property of George Eade". He was convicted and sentenced to serve three years at Port Arthur. In November 1843, he was fully committed for trial for a felony [not specified]. In December 1844, he was tried for seizing a boat and being suspected of having thrown an unnamed person overboard. He appeared before the Criminal Court at Norfolk Island on 20 May 1845, charged with being "an accessory before the fact to the armed robbery of a mill". He (along with several other convicts) was alleged to have aided two others in the armed robbery. Their trial ran for six days. George Crunden was found guilty and sentenced to death, commuted to life, with four years added to his probation at Norfolk Island (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/SC32-1-19$init=SC32-1-19p05jpg). From this time on he was punished on multiple occasions for various "misdemeanors", such as absconding (3 months in chains), disobedience (36 lashes), fighting (3 months hard labour) and so on. This pattern continued until he left Norfolk Island per the Lady Franklin on 7 September 1852. A conduct review stated that he was "not to reside in Hobart Town or Launceston".
OCCUPATION: Labouring boy. NATIVE PLACE: Brighton, Sussex. TRIED: On 17 March 1834 he was convicted for burglary. In his VDL Conduct Record he states that his sentence was for "stealing knives by burglary". He had at least two previous convictions - one for stealing fruit (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-7$init=CON31-1-7p299).