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Transportation
Thomas Gillson 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 132 |
| 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 |
Claims
"Thomas is my g-g-g-grandfather on my maternal side."
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Convict Notes
NSW BMD Marriage Ref: 934/1844. Thomas Gilson and Mary Blackford, JA district. (Presbyterian . Sydney Scots Church) Marriage Ref: 133/1849. Thomas Gilson and Alice Kirkman, MS district. (Church of England. Sydney, Holy Trinity (Garrison Church) Births. Parents Thomas and Alice Gilson. (Gillson) at Sydney. Ref: 1458/1850 Mary. Ref: 570/1852. Margaret 74/1854. Sarah J. Gillson Ref: 485/1856. Ellen E. Ref: 868/1858. Alice.
Thomas Gislon, for stealing at Birmingham, two leather bands, value £1, the property of Daniel Cox. Northampton Mercury, 3 Nov 1832.  The following convicts taken from the gaol and put on board the hulk, at Chatham, viz., ... Thomas Gilsen, … for seven years. Birmingham Journal, 27 Oct 1832.
Mary (nee Blackford) died 1846 and Thomas married in 1849 a free settler.
New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 2/4/1844 Mary Blackford 38 ToL (14yrs) per ship George Hibbert granted to marry Thomas Gillso alia Gibson 33 free (7yrs) per ship Lord Lyndock Rev John Dunmore Lang Sydney