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Transportation
Andrew Hume was transported on the Pekoe, departing 10th Jul 1840 and arriving 7th Nov 1840 with 191 passengers.
Built Dundee, Scotland 1834. 379 tons. Rig type S. Transported convicts from Dublin, Ireland 1840 to New South Wales, Australia. List of 177 - 180 male persons. As this ship sailed direct from Ireland, the details of those on the voyage are NOT fully entered on this site, but being updated by volunteer researchers. Military Guard of the 96th Regiment plus 5 women and 11 children. Two boys, Matthew Wood (son of Michael Wood) and Patrick McArdle (son of James McArdle) - they were considered as free persons. Ship Surgeon, Robert Bower kept a Medical Journal.
Pekoe (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
Claims
"husbands maternal great grandfather x 5 generations"
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Convict Notes
Conditional Pardon. Dated 18th November, 1852. Hume Andrew, Pekoe. Goulburn Herald, 29 Jan 1853.
At the late Nenagh Assises, Andrew Hume, a soldier in the 38th regiment, was found guilty of the murder of Anne Well, the infant child of a fellow-soldier, while on march from Dublin to Templemore. was sentenced to be executed on the 30 of April. Vindicator, 28 March 1840. Murder —Extraordinary Case, Andrew Hume, (a private of the .SSth Regiment) was then placed at the bar, charged with the murder of a female infant child named Jane Hall, in December last. The manner in which the murder was stated in the indictment to have been committed is of a truly revolting nature, and such forbid detail. Guilty. Clonmel Herald, 1 April 1840. Lord Lieutenant has been pleased commute the sentence of death passed on Philip Hayes, for the murder of Mr. A. Rourke; and Andrew Hume, for the murder of an infant, to transportation for life. They were to have been hanged on the 30th instant. Dublin Evening Packet, 23 April 1840.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Andrew Hume, age on arrival, 22, per Pekoe, 1840. Tried at Tipperary, 1840, Life sentence, for Murder. DOB 1818. Native place, Antrim. Trade, Soldier & shoemaker. Single. Protestant.