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Voyage
Transportation
Clear John 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
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842 |
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Convict Notes
John's current profile shows: '1850: Married Ann Walker, born Clare and died 1910 Corowa, they had about 13 children, all born in Goulburn. John was listed as John CLARE on the NSW BDM for the marriage.' I believe that his first four children were born in Collector not Goulburn and that it is likely that he and Ann moved to Goulburn circa 1856. There was significant contact between the Clears and the Dunns in the Collector area at the time - three Dunns married three Clears.
14/5/1839: TOL Invermein 30/3/1840: TOL Passport - on the application of Mr Grose. 8/4/1841: COF 1850: Married Ann Walker, born Clare and died 1910 Corowa, they had about 13 children, all born in Goulburn. John was listed as John CLARE on the NSW BDM for the marriage. The family members later drifted down to Albury, Corowa area. 1887: John died at Lake George. (Which is between Goulburn and Queanbeyan.
John Clear was 22 years old when transported. He was single and his native place was Kings County.
The voyage of the Royal Admiral from Ireland, which arrived on 22/1/1835 appears to be missing from the database.