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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Hannah Dyer was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 2nd May 1842 and arriving 24th Sep 1842 with 205 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 92. Tasmanian Archives. |
| 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
Hannah (Anna) DYER was convicted at the Central Criminal Court, London on 3 Jan 1842 for housebreaking - stealing money & clothes. 10 yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the ship 'Royal Admiral' arriving there 24 Sept 1842. Aged 20 yrs; single woman; house servant & nurse girl; 5'0 3/4" height; can read; Church of England. Native place of birth: Bethnal Green, London. Father & Mother at native place, London. Brother: Henry Sisters: Ellen & Martha Colony of VDL: Assigned to work services. 5 Jan 1844: Returned to the Crown, being pregnant. (noted on Convict Conduct Record, but no details of child) 1 April 1846: Delivered of a child, Elizabeth, at the Cascades Female Factory, Hobart. (ref. details noted on Convict Conduct Record & 33/1/2 no. 1667. Father not named) 20 April 1847: Ticket of Leave 5 Feb 1850: Conditional Pardon approved 9 Jan 1852: Free Certificate issued. Application for Permission to Marry: 30 Sept 1847 - John FOGO (per Layton) to Hannah DYER (Royal Admiral). ref. 52/1/2 pg 341 Marriage: 25 Oct 1847 - John FOGO (however incorrectly indexed as FOYO), aged 28yrs, shoemaker to Anna (Hannah) DYER, aged 28 yrs, spinster, at St. George’s Church of England, Hobart. (ref. 37/1/6 no. 859) Death of Husband: 5 Aug 1857 - John FOGO, male, aged 33 yrs, born England, residence - Davey St. Hobart, cause - inflamation of the lungs). ref. 35/1/5 no. 358. CHILD: Joseph FOGO (however indexed FOGA) born 4 March 1857 at Hobart, Tasmania. Father - John FOGO, shoemaker, 157 Davey St. Hobart. Mother - Hannah DYER. (ref. 33/1/6 no. 320). SECOND MARRIAGE: 28 Dec 1857 - Hannah FOGO, widow, aged 37 yrs to Thomas W MEDHURST, aged 36 yrs, labourer, at St. George's Church of England, Hobart. (ref. 37/1/16 no. 265) CHILDREN: Frances Sarah MEDHURST born 9 July 1862 at Hobart. Thomas William MEDHURST born 27 Aug 1866 at Hobart. Father - Thomas W MEDHURST, labourer, Macquarie St. Hobart. Mother - Hannah MEDHURST (formerly DYER). ref. 33/1/9 no. 8763