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Voyage
Transportation
John Dell was transported on the Thames, departing 27th Jul 1829 and arriving 21st Nov 1829 with 160 passengers.
Thames (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 127 (66);Archives Office of Tasmania-Convict Records (CON16-1-21,image13, CON31/1/9 and CON27/1/4);Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas.: 1835-1880), Sat 12 March 1836,p.1 & Wed 13 April 1864, p.3 (www.nla.trove.gov.au) |
| 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 Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), during John Dell's residence (from 11 October 1818 until his death on 2 March 1866), in addition to his son John (1814-1859) and his son John (1849-1865), there were two other John Dells during this period. The fourth John Dell was a convict (number 534) who departed London 31 July 1829 arrived in VDL on the 'Thames' in November 1829 having been tried and convicted in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire of stock stealing on 7 March 1829 and transported for 7 years. He was aged 22 and is listed as a farm labourer, ploughman, shepherd and gardener. His sentence of transportation expired on 7 March 1836 and was notified in the Cornwall Chronicle of Saturday 12 March 1836. This fourth John Dell came before the courts again in 1864 and, on 8 April, was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for sheep stealing. His Honor, Sir Valentine Fleming, in sentencing Dell was reported as saying that "... this was one of those cases which revealed almost an insanity in crime, for he had found that it was a precisely similar offence for which the prisoner had been originally transported. Since then he had been convicted of embezzlement and pig-stealing, and now he was again charged with sheep stealing. His Honor addressed the prisoner at considerable length, and sentenced him to imprisonment for four years." A fifth John Dell, arrived in Tasmania on 27 April 1851 ex "Panama". He was aged 6 years and came with his mother and siblings, departing from Liverpool, his natal place Perth (presumably in Scotland).