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Transportation
Joseph Furniss was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 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 HO11/9, Page Number 129 (66) |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey. NEW COURT. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4; Fifth Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant. 303. JOSEPH FURNISS was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of December , 1 wheel, value 25s., the goods of John Mackrow ; and that he had been before convicted of felony . To which he pleaded GUILTY . Aged 26. - Transported for Seven Years . National Archives. HO-9-9_5 Woolwich Hulks, Justitia. Page 39/51. Received 23 February 1833. Joseph Furniss, age 26, Stealing a Wheel, Tried Old Bailey, 3 Jany 1833, 7 years, Transportation 20 May 1833.