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Transportation
Valentine Larkin was transported on the Pekoe, departing 10th Jul 1840 and arriving 7th Nov 1840 with 191 passengers.
Built Dundee, Scotland 1834. 379 tons. Rig type S. Transported convicts from Dublin, Ireland 1840 to New South Wales, Australia. List of 177 - 180 male persons. As this ship sailed direct from Ireland, the details of those on the voyage are NOT fully entered on this site, but being updated by volunteer researchers. Military Guard of the 96th Regiment plus 5 women and 11 children. Two boys, Matthew Wood (son of Michael Wood) and Patrick McArdle (son of James McArdle) - they were considered as free persons. Ship Surgeon, Robert Bower kept a Medical Journal.
Pekoe (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Absconded Prisoners. Larkin Valentine, Pekoe, 29, County Galway, laborer, 5 feet 9 ½ inches, sallow and freckled comp., brown hair, hazel eyes, scar on back of right jaw, pockpitted on right eyebrow, scar on right shin; from Commissariat Department. NSW Govt Gazette, 7 Apr 1848.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Valentine Larkin, alias Larkins, age on arrival, 21, per Pekoe, 1840. Tried at Galway Town, 1840, 7 year sentence, for Robbing till. Former convictions: 5 convictions. DOB 1819. Native place, Galway Co. Trade, Labourer. Catholic. Single. Remarks: CF 49/37.