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Transportation
Thomas Kain was transported on the Lady Kennaway, departing 27th Oct 1834 and arriving 13th Feb 1835 with 307 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 | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 389 (196) |
| 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
On Wednesday last the following convicts were removed from Springfield Gaol to the York hulk, lying off Gosport, prior to undergoing their respective sentences :—To be Transported for Life— … Thos. Kain and Hugh Brady, for a burglary in the house of Harriet Uffindale, Barking; ... Chelmsford Chronicle, 9 May 1834.
1844, 25 December: Thomas KAINS [sic], a Ticket of Leave labourer, 25 years, married Margaret JONES, a spinster convict, 20 years, in St Luke's Church, Campbell Town, Co of Somerset. The chaplain was William Bedford and the witnesses were James and Mary Hall (see RGD37/1/4 no 1495B).
NATIVE PLACE: Barking, Essex (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-10$init=CON18-1-10p142). TRIAL: On 3 March 1834 convicted for burglary and originally sentenced to death; commuted to transportation for life (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England, Essex 1834). 1845: Recommended for a Certificate of Pardon. Granted on the grounds of his "having behaved in an unexceptionable manner as a Ticket of Leave holder, and his general conduct having been good - previously" (see New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859; Tasmania Pardons 1845-1846). 1854, 1 August: On a list of men employed in the coal mines by James Fulton (see Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Employment; Registers of the employment of probation passholders, 1848-1857).