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Thomas Kitchen was transported on the Rodney, departing 19th Sep 1851 and arriving 20th Dec 1851 with 302 passengers.
1853 - Voyage. From Queenstown the 24 Nov. Capt. McLean. 342 male convicts
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 204 |
| 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
Tasmanian Records. Indent: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-44/CON14-1-44P68 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-44/CON14-1-44P69 See record for full details. Thomas Kitchen. He was previously sentenced in 1839, to be transported 7 years for stealing silk handkerchiefs, and was sent to Bermuda. Family. F, Thos, M, Mary. B, Jas, Hy. S, Caroline, ? At N.P. Native place, Cheltenham. It appears his younger brother Henry Kitchen, 19, was also sentenced to be transported at the same Gloucester sessions. They both arrived in VDL, but on different ships. Both were sent to Millbank for a couple of years before being sent to VDL. The Indent for Henry Kitchen lists similar names of family members.
Gloucestershire Epiphany Sessions. Thomas Groves, 25, and Thomas Kitchen, 26, were for breaking the dwelling-house of Robert Dyer and Sarah Niblett, at Cheltenham, on the 15th November last, and stealing watch, watch guard, various other articles, their property. The case occupied the court for considerable time. Groves was acquitted ; Kitchen guilty. Having been previously convicted, he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. Cheltenham Chronicle, 14 Jan 1847. Transports.—The following transports were on Tuesday last removed from the Gloucester County Gaol to Millbank :—Henry Kitchen, Henry Mason, Thomas Kitchen, John Jones, William Pettigrove, James Caines, and Samuel Roberts. Gloucester Journal, 27 March 1847.