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James Morgan 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 123 (63) 1812 Born NSW Australia Gaol Entrance book 1818-1930 |
| 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
"James is my great great grandfather on my paternal side b 1812"
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Convict Notes
National Archives. Hulk Records. HO-0-1_5 Cumberland. Page 33/44. Received from Gloucester, 4 September 1832. James Morgan, age 22, Burglary, Tried Gloucester 11 Aug 1832, Life, Transported NSW 24 May 1833.
William Probyn, with whom he was originally tried at Gloucester, was transported to VDL per Jupiter, also arriving in 1833.
James Morgan and Probyn, for breaking into the house of Mr. Buckle, stealing various articles ; Cheltenham Chronicle, 23 Aug 1832.
James met Sarah and they fell in love. James was granted permission to marry on 7 February 1842, and the bans were posted, because as a minor (only 19) Sarah would have needed her father’s permission to marry. She would have known this was not a possibility. The thought of a free Catholic girl marrying a convict Protestant would not have gone over too well with her father or the Catholic Church. When the bans were read objections must have been made because the wedding was canceled. James must have become a bit upset over this because on the 25 February 1842 his ticket of leave was cancelled for highly disorderly conduct. It is here that James and Sarah took their destiny into their own hands and eloped to Victoria, Australia. Sarah lied about her name and age, by using her mother’s maiden name, (Bridgman) and stating her age at twenty two years instead of nineteen. No one was aware that Sarah came to Australia with her father. There is a strong possibility that her love for James had soured her relationship with her father. Her father was never mentioned to her children and even on her death certificate his name is give as David, mothers name unknown. There is also the possibility that her father moved away from Sydney and this resulted in all contract being lost. James and Sarah lived in Melbourne from 1842 to 1846.No record of a marriage has ever been found but they did have thirteen children. However, later on James was to state on his son's Alfred's birth certificate in 1861, that he had married Sarah in Sydney on 14 November 1842.Their first born was a son James, who was born on 14 May 1843. Unfortunately he died on 26 March 1844, at the tender age of ten months and was buried in the Melbourne Cemetery on 26 March 1844. On the17 May 1844 James was granted his second ticket of leave and given permission to remain in the district of Melbourne. On June 7 1844 their first daughter, Ellen was born. Their second son, David James, was born on 21 June 1845, and their last child born in Melbourne was Thomas on the 11 December, 1846 All these four were baptized in the Roman Catholic Church of St Francis in Lonsdale St, Melbourne. St Francis’s Catholic Church was opener on the 4, October 1841 and the first bit of drama was not far away. The small community was shocked when on the very next day it was discovered that the foundation stone had been removed and all the coins that had been placed behind the stone, worth a mere 30 shilling had been stolen. The church was designed by Samuel Jackson in the Gothicsttle. It possesses clean and simple lines with graceful pinnacles to relieve the single buttresses. Today its outward appearance is almost the same as it was a century ago. A most unpopular change was the cutting down of an Old gum tree back in the 1920's but a compromise was reached when it was agreed to use the wood from the tree for three episcopal chairs, which are now in St Patrick's Cathedral According to records held at Laverton by the public record office, James resided in William St Melbourne and worked as a shoemaker at this time. Later he was employed on a pastoral at Glenormiston, in the Western Districts of Victoria, where he worked for Neil BLACK as a hut keeper. Neil BLACK ran this pastoral run between the years 1847-1864. Glenormiston is now a town lying west of Camperdown on the road to Mortlake. (Microfilm Vprs. 110, film No.2149) Their first-born child was a son James, who was born on 14 May 1843. Unfortunately, he died on 26 March 1844, at the tender age of ten months and was buried in the Melbourne Cemetery on 26 March 1844 Later, James and Sarah left Melbourne and moved to Ballock on the Hopkins River in Victoria, and lived in the area that is now Known as Arvo. They returned to Melbourne in 1847 and while there, had Thomas baptized on 29 July by Minister Dean Coffey. It was at Ballock that sons, James 1849, Joseph July 1850, William1851, John10 March 1853, daughters, Martha 1855 and Elizabeth 1856 were born. Ballock was a pastoral run, four miles south west of Terang and consisted of 40,000acres.Many of the workers and their families lived in stone cottages, some of which are still standing today will of today consists of only 250 acres. It was broken up into smaller lots in 1883 after the Government license was canceled.At the time that James and Sarah moved to Ballock it was being run by William Hamilton. (January 1842-January 1848).From Ballock the family moved to Allansford, about six miles east of Warrnambool,Victoria,where they lived in Maria Street.Three more sons were born here.They were:-Charles 1857,Henry 1859,and Alfred on 11 June 1861 On certificates available, James occupations was given as a knife sharpener,shoemaker and a Laborer. On the youngest son Alfred's birth certificate, he claimed that he was born in Tippery, Ireland in 1812. On his death certificate, his son Henry stated that James was born in Wales in 1802. In October 1860 James ticket of leave was cancelled and marked "Cancelled for absence from District 26 October 1860" James had suffered from Asthma for thirty years and died at Nirranda on 11 July 1878 due to heart disease. Sarah died at Allansford on 10 August 1894. They are buried together with their son William, in the Warrnambool Cemetery, in grave 55, row 25, in the Presbyterian section. A headstone was erected in 1987 by his great, great, great granddaughter, Julie.
On certificates available, James occupations was given as a shoemaker and a Laborer. On the youngest son Alfred's birth certificate, James claimed that he was born in Tippery, Ireland in 1812. On James death certificate, his son Henry stated that James was born in Wales in 1802. On the Australian Gaol Entrance book which i have a copy clearly says 2012 as year of birth.
Just a quick add to these comments , Sarah Walsh was from Limerick in Ireland and born C 1823.She emigrated to Sydney with her father James Walsh(b 1801 Palskinnery Limerick) in 1841 on the Sir John Falstaff. Sarah was a maid and not sure when she met James and went to Melbourne . Her father James died at Port Macquarie in 1871.and Sarah died in Allansford on the 10 August 1894. James Morgan and her are buried in the Warrnambool Cemetary . I tend to think James Morgan was born earlier then 1811. Back then it could be quite some time before baptism from birth ,as I’ve found on quite a few occasions while doing family research . A birth certificate would back the date though
James Morgan was listed as 23 years old on arrival. Native Place: Pembrokeshire. James could read, was protestant, single, 5'6¼" tall, sallow complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, scar under right eyebrow, mark of a burn inside left wrist.
Thankyou Denise for this information , James was one of my ancestors also , Margaret Morgan married my Great grandfather Patrick Egan .cheers Col
Tranported on Lord Lyndoch v.2. sprent a short time at Hyde Park Barracks, worked at Windsor. 1842 applied to marry Sarah Walsh,(free born immigrant) permission granted - no record of the marriage - she gave an age above that of consent. Mr. Patrick Walsh was not pleased. James lost his ticket of leave for disrespectful behaviour. He and Sarah were amongst the Pioneers of Port Phillip, in the mid 1840's some children were baptised at St. Francis Cathedral in Melbourne. They settled in Allansford but he worked sharpening knives etc., in the area. They had many children, no crimes were committed by James - whilst the Original crime involved the alleged theft of : a silk scarf, handkerchiefs, 10 lb candy, five silver spoons, one silver punch ladle, one wheel of cheese, a knife and 8 pairs of shoes the crime had at least two participants. Mr. W, Proby was also sentenced for this crime, hopefully Benjamin Buckle near Hereford regained his property.