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Transportation
Edward Fuller was transported on the Layton, departing 6th Apr 1841 and arriving 1st Sep 1841 with 250 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 287 (145) Kent Parish Registers/ Find My Past |
| 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
My 4x Great-grandfather: On 7th January 1841 Edward Fuller was tried and convicted at the Kent Quarter Sessions held at Maidstone for stealing two lambs from Mr Shoobridge. The Gaol Report states that Edward was of “bad” character having already been twice convicted; once for stealing faggotts (County Assizes 9 March 1840 – imprisoned for 14 days) & once for stealing turnips (1 month). For his latest offence he was sentenced to transportation to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) for 15 years. On arrival in September 1841, Edward was sent to a Mr Squires at Swansea; then the Convict Muster roll of 31 December 1841 shows that Edward was assigned to the Lovely Banks Party. The probation station at Lovely Banks was erected in 1839 for the purpose of housing a road party (chain-gang). It was used by a Sentenced Party until August 1841; then a Probation Gang until May, 1845. The road party was employed to build a new highway north of Hobart. At some time after being granted his Ticket of Leave Edward did made an application for his family to come to Tasmania which was approved, but his wife Sarah (nee Acton) and their children declined to go. 15th March 1849 in the Hobart Town Gazette, it shows Edward Fuller as the Proprietor and Occupier of 38 acres of land near Llandaff, Glamorgan, valued at £4. It is ironic that Edward, who once had to steal to feed his family is now in possesion of his own land. Edward never re-married and he died on 25 October 1870 at Barber’s Creek, Glamorgan. He is buried at Llandaff cemetery.