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James Kempster was transported on the Florentia, departing 14th Aug 1827 and arriving 3rd Jan 1828 with 173 passengers.
Florentia was a 453-ton merchant ship built at Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1821. Two voyages to Australia transporting convicts - 1827 and 1830.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 263 (133) |
| 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
Possible Death? Convict Death Register. James Kempston, per Governor Ready. Date 17/4/1833. District: No 2 Stockade.
Contributed by Wendy Smith on 14th April 2020 The Convict Indentures state that James Kempster was 21 years old. He could read; religion Protestant; status single and a native of Bedfordshire. He was a ploughman and shepherd. He was convicted of house breaking on 26 March 1827 at Berkshire Assizes and sentenced to 7 years. He had no prior convictions. Physical Attributes - Height 5 feet 3 1/2 inches; complexion ruddy; hair brown and eyes hazel. He was assigned to William Cox Junior, Richmond. A comment on his indentures states that: 'this man was originally on board the Florentia but left at Cork in consequence of Typhus Fever. His name, place and time of trial and sentence will be forwarded in the indent of that ship. --------------------------------------------------------------- ADM 101/27/51827-1828 Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Florentia for 23 July 1827 to 14 January 1828 by James Dickson, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed on a passage to New South Wales. Folios 15-17: James Dempster, aged 19, Convict; disease or hurt, synochus. Put on sick list, 24 August 1827, at sea. Discharged convalescent, 12 September 1827, at Cork. (Name mistakenly down as Dempster, not Kempster - possible mistranscription?) FEVER IN A CONVICT SHIP. A considerable degree of anxiety has these few days past, in consequence of the circumstance of six Convicts, lately arrived in the Florentia ship from being sent up to our Depot, ….?, The fact, however, turns out to be, that the vessel, having been at sea, for nearly three weeks, three …. and consequent change to the diet, had contracted fever, (of rather a mild character) on which the Surgeon, dreading its extension amongst the rest of the Convicts, insisted on beating away for the next Port. on his arrival he communicated with the Government, on which Dr. Trevor was dispatched to Port, who on inspecting these man, found them in a state of convalescence, but too weak to proceed on a long sea Voyage ; he, therefore, more prudent to send them to our Depot, to await the next and avoid the heavy a demarrage which a detention of the ship would create. (Cork Chronicle). Dublin Morning Register, 18 Sept 1827.