Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Samuel Johnson was transported on the Lady Nugent, departing 3rd Dec 1834 and arriving 9th Apr 1835 with 286 passengers.
Lady Nugent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 479 (241) |
| 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
**Note from Moderator: Samuel was sentenced to life - he may have only served 20 years - Life sentence is usually 25 years. Samuel Johnson was 18 years old on arrival. Native Place: Lancashire. Samuel was literate, protestant, single, 5'4" tall, sallow and a little pock pitted complexion, light hair, hazel eyes, scar on right eyebrow, small scar back of left hand, mark of a burn back of right hand, near the thumb. 1844: TOL Queanbeyan 3/2/1845: TOL Passport, Queanbeyan Bench 24/2/1848: TOL Passport, On the recommendation of Commissioner Gipps Land. 3/7/1852: CP 28/6/1854: Royal Pardon Warrant. 27/5/1851: Married Mary Hall, 17, arrived as a Orphan Famine girl who arrived per Pemberton 1849. Married at Roseneath, Victoria. Samuel listed as 34 years old. Children listed on the VIC BDM: Edward, and Mary (not on BDM) 1853: Ann, b Bairnsdale 1855: Sarah, b Lindenow 1860: Elizabeth, b Stratford 1862: Samuel, b Stratford 1864: George Robert, b Stratford 1866: David, b, Stratford 1868: William Fletcher (not on BDM) 1870: Martha Smathurst, b Stratford 1872: Alfred James, b Stratford 4/2/1872: Samuel died, aged 55, at Stratford, Victoria. Father listed as Edward.
Book - "Sentenced to Cross the Raging Sea" by Ross Johnson @ 2004. The story of Sam Johnson, victim of Oldham's Bankside Riot of 1834. Originally sentenced to death by hanging, reduced to transportation for life to Australia and subsequently issued with a Pardon after 20 years.