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Transportation
George Morton 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) |
| 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
ADM 101/42/8B/11841 Folio 1: Title page; A copy of the daily sick book of Her Majesty's chartered convict ship Layton employed in conveying prisoners from England to Hobart Town between the 9th March and the 6th September 1841. Alexander McKechnie MD Surgeon Superintendent. Folios 16-20: George [Morton], aged 34, Convict; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 31 May 1841. Discharged, 11 July 1841. He had lost his appetite 3 days previously and was unable to eat his rations. He was seized with sickness at stomach, dimness of sight, difficulty of breathing, pain and a 'sense of faintness in the epigastrium'. His symptoms became worse and he became insensible for a while and then unable to speak. He was well when discharged.