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Edward Lanagan was transported on the Recovery, departing 5th Apr 1823 and arriving 30th Jul 1823 with 169 passengers.
Built 1799 Batavia, 493 tons. 1823 voyage. Also arrived the same morning, (i.e. Thursday last) from Ireland, having sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 5th April, the ship Recovery, Captain Fotherley, with 180 male convicts, in tolerable health : no deaths on the passage. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Cunningham, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 1st, or Royals, commanded by Captain Gill, who is accompanied by his Lady. Three free passengers come out by this conveyance, at the expence of the Crown. Sydney Gazette, Thurs 7 Aug 1823. 1835 voyage. Surgeon's general remarks. On 5th October 1835, the Guard embarked at Deptford, consisting of 1 staff, 1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 26 rank and file of the 28th Regiment, accompanied by 8 women and 4 children. On the 19th at Spithead we received on board 160 male convicts from the Leviathan and 120 from the York Hulk and in the 30th got under weigh, previous to which, the convicts were discharged to the hulks in consequence of their being a great nuisance on board. Source:The medical and surgical journal of HM convict ship Recovery for 5 October 1835 to 16 March 1836 by Alexander Neill, during which time the said ship was employed in passage to Sydney New South Wales
Recovery (generic)References
| Primary Source | Sydney Gazette, 15/10/1829. Govt Gazette, 2/10/1857, 1888a. Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Colonial Secretary Index. |
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Londonderry Assizes. Crown Court. ... Edward Doherty and Edward Lanagan, for robbing Owen Granny and his wife of waistcoat, shawl, and handkerchief, to transported for seven years. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 6 Oct 1821.




Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Edward Lanagan, alias Lanigan, age 20, Recovery (2) 1823, Tried Londonderry Co., 7 years, DOB 1803, Native place, Derry, Hatter. Remarks: Colonial sentence 1854. --------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. LANAGHAN, Edward. Per "Recovery", 1823. 1824 Mar 26 - On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.74) 1825 - Employed by Thomas Cowper, Cawdor (Fiche 3125; 4/1841A p.35) -------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census Index. Edward Lannigan, age 27, F.S. Recovery, 1823, catholic, Shepherd, Jno Wild, Camden district. -------------------------------------------------- Prisoners for Trial at the Quarter Sessions, Bathurst, 19 October 1854. Edward Lanagan, Bathurst, horse-stealing; Bathurst Free Press, 14 Oct 1854. -------------------------------------------------- The undermentioned Convicts have been allowed Tickets-of-Leave for the Districts set opposite to their respective names :— COLONIAL. Yass - Edward Lanagan, "Recovery" (2); NSW Govt. Gazette, 2 Oct 1857.




Certificate of Freedom, Oct 1829. Ticket of Leave, Yass, 1/10/1857.




Certificate of Freedom 1829. Ticket of Leave, Yass, 1/10/1857.