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Transportation
John Russell was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 27th Sep 1834 and arriving 22nd Jan 1835 with 48 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Convict Index. |
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Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Russell, age on arrival, 23, per Royal Admiral (3), 1835, Tried at Dublin, 1834, Life, for Robbery highway. DOB 1812, native place, Dublin Co., single, catholic. Trade-Labourer farm. *Remarks: Shot dead by police in gunfight, 1840, at Goulburn. --------------------------------------------------- * I think this information about his death is incorrect. There was also a convict named John Russell who arrived per Royal Admiral in 1833, and that it was this earlier arrival who died in 1840. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Index. John Russell, Royal Admiral, 1835, Ticket of Leave, 43/572. District, Yass; Tried, Dublin. John Russell, Royal Admiral, 1835, Conditional Pardon, 1 Sep 1848. 48/1705. John Russell, Royal Admiral, (5), Recommended Conditional Pardon. No further details.