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Thomas Gell 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 "
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 257 (131) |
| 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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1836 - 2 Feb. UK, Prison Hulk Registers Received from York Castle. Name Thomas Gell Age 52 Estimated Birth Year abt 1784 Offence; Stealing a Tumbler Glass & previous convictions Ship Fortitude Place Moored Chatham Date Convicted 4 Jan 1836 Place Convicted Beverley Indent No; 1181 Trade; Ploughman, Farm Labourer, Brewer & Maltster & Shepherd Age; 52 years old. Born abt.
Magisterial Proceedings at Beverley. Thomas Gell, a notorious tumbler-glass stealer from public houses, was caught in the act and committed to take his trial at the sessions. Since his committal he has made a confession, which implicates others, who are now taken into custody. This fellow is certainly one of the most notorious thieves ever heard of; nothing could escape his sight, knives and forks and almost everything which came in his way were sure to be stolen. He was formerly an exciseman, and afterwards a publican at Market Weighton, and seems to have gained his livelihood lately, solely from plunder and pilfering. 14 Nov 1835, York Herald. Convicts. The under-named convicts left York Castle Monday last, for the Fortitude Hulk at Chatham: … For 7 Years, Thomas Gell, …. Sheffield Iris, 9 Feb 1836
Tasmanian Conduct Report Thomas Gell, No 1181, convicted at York, Beverley Q. S. on 4th Jan 1836, sentence, 7 years, transported for stealing a tumbler glass after a previous felony., Gaol Report, Drunken, indifferent character, was an Excise Officer. habits of life reported since then indifft. Relations decent. conv of stg. imp. 6 mo. Hulk report, orderly. Married, 7 children. Stated this offence- stealing a glass, prosecutor Wm Larkin of Beverley, once for ? pots, 6 months. I was in the Excise Office 20 years at £ 1?? a year. I then took a Public house and had 100 acres of land, my wife brought me to this trouble. She robbed me of all my money and left me. She had very bad connexions. Married, 7 children. Wife, Theresa at Sutton on Trent. Died 9 Nov 1838 in the service of Thomas Arckin, Esq. See Memo 13 Nov 1838. Description: Thomas Gell, 1181, Ploughman, Farm labourer, brewer & maltster, & shepherd. Age 52. Market Weighton. Height, 5 ft 9 ½. Grey hair and whiskers, grey eyes. There is a burial record for Thomas GILL, for the right date, but the age is questionable. Burial in Parish of Longford, 9th November 1838, Thomas Gill, age 33, A.S., of Norfolk Plains.