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Christopher Edmonds 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 | Tasmanian Libraries. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 217 (110) |
| 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
Gloucestershire Lent Assizes. Burglary at Westbury on Severn.— Christopher Edmonds, 23. pleaded guilty to charge of burglariously breaking open the dwelling-house of Thos. Roberts, shop keeper, in the parish of Westbury on Severn, and stealing thereout large quantity of drapery and other goods, on the night of the 13th December last.—Nancy Edmunds, aged 51, his mother, Jane Edmonds, aged 16, his sister, Charles Stanley, aged 28, and Joseph Baker, aged 22, were charged with receiving part of the property knowing it to be stolen. The females, Stanley and Baker, were acquitted, and Edmonds sentenced to transportation for life. Cheltenham Chronicle, 8 April 1840. -------------------------------------------------- On Tuesday morning, the 12th inst., the following convicts were removed to Gosport:—William Nutt, William Harris, Christopher Edmonds, John Gardner, William Goodman, and Samuel Manning, for life; Henry Carpenter, for 30 years; Emanuel Turner, Thomas Cull, Thomas Harford, Henry Clayfield, and William Ricketts, for 15 years; Thomas Spill, for 12 years and William Bow, for 7 years. Cheltenham Examiner, 20 May 1840.
Conduct Record: aged 24, Trade Ploughman, Farm Labourer (can milk), Protestant, can read, Tried 31 March 1840, Transported for Burglary, in prison before, Single, 27/8/50 T.L., 21 June 1853 C.P. approved https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-5$init=CON33-1-5p93
Stood trial with his mother Nancy and sister Jane. He was charged with 3 x burglaries and the women with handling stolen goods. They were found NG and Christopher pleaded guilty and was transported for life.