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Voyage
Transportation
William Jordan was transported on the Lady Kennaway, departing 2nd Jun 1836 and arriving 12th Oct 1836 with 302 passengers.
The 'Lady Kennaway' was built in Calcutta in 1817. A large ship of 584 tons. Transported convicted prisoners to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1834, via Cork, Ireland. Other voyages, to New South Wales, in 1836 and Van Diemen's Land in 1851. Image acknowledgement to Grosvenor Prints. Painted by J.W. Huggins.
Lady KennawayReferences
| Primary Source | State Archives NSW (Entrance Book, Series 2517, Item 4/6296, Roll 855). Ancestry.com Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 281 (143) |
| 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
Principal Superintendent of Convict Office, Sydney, January 17, 1844. THE undermentioned Prisoners having absconded from the individuals and employment set against their respective names, and some of them being at large with stolen Certificates and Tickets of Leave, all Constables and others are hereby required and commanded to use their utmost exertion in apprehending and lodging them in safe custody. Any person harbouring or employing any of the said Absentees, will be prosecuted as the law directs. The age of the prisoners is calculated up to the present time. J. M'LEAN, Principal Superintendent of Convicts ... ... Jordan William, alias John Leaty, Lady Kennaway (2), 40, Westmeath, horse dealer, 5 feet 2 ½ inches, dark sallow comp., dark brown hair, grey eyes, eyebrows, meeting, 2 large scars lower part of left side of neck, IL back of left hand, from Norfolk Island, since 2nd June, 1841. (New South Wales Government Gazette, 19 Jan 1844, Issue No. 10, p. 155)
Gaol Entrance Book: Trade Horse Dealer, Catholic Transported to Norfolk Island in 1839