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John Thraves was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 20th Jul 1831 and arriving 18th Nov 1831 with 266 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 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 151 (78) Tasmanian Names Index, NAME_INDEXES:1440716, pg 362. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/. |
| 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
Description: Height: 5 foot eight and a half inches Complexion: Sallow Head: Round Hair Brown Visage: Long narrow Forehead: High Eyebrows: Brown Eyes: Blue Nose: Small Mouth: Small Chin: Long Remarks: Long Arms
On Monday, John Thraves was committed by the Rev. John to the City Jail, Nottingham, for trial at the next Assizes, charged burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Richard Houselee, of Screseton, on Sunday last. Nottingham and Newark Mercury, 11 Dec 1830. JOHN THRAVES, aged 19, was found guilty of burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Richard Houseley, on the .5th of December, at Screveton, with intent to commit felony. The family was gone to chapel, and the staple of the padlock, which secured the door, was drawn out, and the prisoner found in the house.--Judgment of death recorded. Nottingham and Newark Mercury, 19 March 1831. The following convicts, viz. James Marriott, Thomas Sallis, Edward Alien, Robert Hutchinson, Wm. Summers, Henry Richards, John Thraves, Joseph Sutton, and John Brown, each sentenced to transportation for life, were removed on Monday morning, by Mr. Brierley  to the Cumberland hulk, at Chatham. Nottingham Review, 10 June 1831.
Born: 27 September 1812 Screveton, Nottinghamshire, England. Parents: Richard Thraves 1770-1843 Elizabeth Barlow 1771-1851 Crime: Housebreaking/burglary Trial: Lent 1831 Convicted date: 12 March 1831 Sentence: Death Commuted Sentence: Transportation for Life Prison Hulk: ‘Cumberland’ - Chatham, Kent, England noted as place of residence 7 June 1831 (UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849. Ticket of Leave: 4 December 1839. Government Notice, The Cornwall Chronical (Launceston, Tas). Conditional Pardon: 12 January 1843. Government Notice, The Courier (Hobart, Tas). Marriage Permission: 19 February 1848. Marriage: 14 March 1848 to convict Jane [Jean] Wilson (Sea Queen) alias Isabella Robertson, alias Hamilton. Extended Pardon: 31 August 1848, Hobart, Tasmania. Died: 1 Aug 1861 Niagara Hotel, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria.
John Thraves received an Extended Pardon 31 Aug 1848. He boarded the Nautilus at Launceston 10 days later and arrived in Sydney, 19 Sep 1848. His convict wife Jean/Jane Wilson (Sea Queen) did not join him. Had only been married 6 months. John eventually made his way to Ballan, Victoria. He died at the Niagara Hotel, Lonsdale St, Melbourne.