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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Price was transported on the Bussorah Merchant, departing 1st Oct 1829 and arriving 18th Jan 1830 with 200 passengers.
The Bussorah Merchant was built at Calcutta in 1818, 531 tons. The ship transported convicts from England in 1828 to New South Wales, from Ireland in 1829/30 to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land and in 1831 another voyage to Sydney, New South Wales. (The ship also made voyages to Australia, in 1837, 1839 & 1845 with free immigrants.)
Bussorah Merchant (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 207 (106) |
| 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
1829 - Prison Hulk Registers. Shipl Ganymede. No; 979 Age; 21 years. [born about 1808] Moored; Woolwich & Devonport Trial; 27 April 1829 Offence; Stealing Money How Disposed of; V. D. Land - 16 Sept 1829
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters - Year 1830 No; 590 Name; Joseph Price Ship; Bussorah Merchant. Remarks; DIED ON VOYAGE UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Surgeon; H Anderson Case No; 1 Ship; Bussorah Merchant Name; Joseph Price Age; 21 [1808] Disease; Fever Date; 1 October 1829 at Sheerness Surgeon's Notes... Found on deck, had his irons taken off, his hair cut, and himself baths .. High pulse 112 in a minute Discharged; DIED; at 7 o'clock in the evening of the 10 November 1829