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Transportation
Thomas Lauder was transported on the Palmerston, departing 8th Nov 1860 and arriving 11th Feb 1861 with 296 passengers.
978 ton ship was built at Moulmein, Burma in 1853. On the voyage from Portland, England to the Swan River Colony, Western Australia in 1860/61 the ship also carried passengers, pensioner guards, wives and children as well as soldiers and 296 convicts.
Palmerston (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 352 (178). --0-- Edgar, W. (Bill) (2018), “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” The Great Circle, 40(1), 20–43. |
| 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
Listed on our records as LANDER - All records in WA list him as LAUDER. Precognition against Thomas Lauder, Daniel McConnell for the crime of forgery, uttering forged writing, fraud Dates 1856 Accused Thomas Lauder, Age: 33, mason, Address: Content Street, Wallacetown, St Quivox, Ayrshire Daniel McConnell, Age: 37, clerk, Address: Old Bridge Street, Ayr. Daniel McConnell, Verdict: Guilty, Sentence: Transportation - 15 years. Note: Diet continued 24 April 1856 at Ayr. Thomas Lauder, Verdict: Guilty, Sentence: Transportation - 15 years. Note: Diet continued 24 April 1856 at Ayr. **Daniel McConnell arrived WA per 'Nile 1858'. Thomas Lauder was listed as 41 years old on arrival - he had obviously spent some years in gaol in Scotland before being transported. Thomas was the son of John Lauder and Phillis Vent. He was 5'8 1/2" tall, brown hair, light blue eyes, fair complexion, middling stout, small scar on right arm below the elbow, married with 4 children. literate. 22/2/1846: Married Elizabeth Park in St Quivox, Ayr. 11/4/1861: TOL 26/3/1864: CP 29/8/1871: COF Comments: Builder, grubber. 14/7/1880: Police Gazette, WA: Vide CI, 301 of 1880, THOMAS LAUDER, exp,, late 6602, at Geraldton, on 3rd inst,, by P,C E, Troy, Remanded. Property recovered. --- Vide Police Gazette 1880, page 112. THOMAS LAUDER, exp., late 5602; charged at Geraldton, on 12th inst., and sentenced to 2 months' h.l. 18/10/1883: Thomas died at Geraldton, WA. The son that followed Thomas to WA was James Park Lauder - James Park Lauder Birthdate: 1848 (90) Birthplace: Ayr, South Ayrshire, UK Death: Died April 14, 1938 in Geraldton, WA, Australia. Husband of Emma Lauder Father of Alexander Lauder and Charles Thomas Lauder.
Left wife and four children in Ayrshire. Later joined in Australia by one of his sons