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John Fisher was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 15th Apr 1836 and arriving 20th Aug 1836 with 332 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 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 255 (130) |
| 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
16 Mar 1852 Executed at Hobart for assault and robbery of William Lafayette Rowley: "Feloniously assaulting (being armed with a knife) and putting in bodily fear William Lafayett Rowley and stealing from his person 30/- and other monies his property. Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Saturday 20 March 1852, page 5 The man John Fisher, who was sentenced to death at the last sittings of the Hobart Town Supreme Court, for assaulting and robbing Captain Rowley, at Hobart Town, was executed in front of the city gaol on Tuesday morning. The ill-fated man had, during the past week; requested the lieutenant-governor's permission for a female, who was under sentence at the Female House of Correction, to visit him, to which the lieutenant-governor acceded, and she was brought down in charge by detective constable Simpson on Saturday, and had an interview with Fisher in the presence of the vicar-general, who attended him. On Sunday morning, observing something peculiar in his manner, Mr. Capon had him stripped, and gave him a fresh suit of clothes, changed all his furniture, and put him in another ward. Ten minutes had scarcely elapsed before the guard was called, and it was found that he had cut his throat with a knife. The wound, however, was not dangerous. Where he obtained the knife is a mystery.
Place of origin: Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire Trade; Kitchen Gardener, Ostler aged 34 years old 1870 - Cascades Invalid Depot. Admission dates: 23 Apr 1870 Ship to colony: Lord Lyndoch. House of Assembly Paper no. 63 of 1871 page 15 1870 - 1876. Cascades Invalid Depot: POL709-1-13 page 119 (23 Apr 1870 to 24 Jul 1876)