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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Lyons was transported on the Florentia, departing 14th Aug 1827 and arriving 3rd Jan 1828 with 173 passengers.
Florentia was a 453-ton merchant ship built at Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1821. Two voyages to Australia transporting convicts - 1827 and 1830.
FlorentiaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 265 (134) |
| 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
Yes. This confirms another chapter of Thomas LYONS's sad story: 1868, 19 October: Thomas LYONS per Florentia 1828, stealing, life, is on a list of so-called "British Lunatics" in the "Parramatta Lunatic Asylum" (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891).
Thomas Lyons was transported for stealing cotton. He was 33 years old, could read and write, protestant, married, 4'6"? tall, dark sallow complexion, had 2 children, native place was Liverpool, dark brown hair, hazel eyes and a scar on lower part of inside left arm. From the UK National Archives - "A collective petition (22 inhabitants of Liverpool) on behalf of Thomas Lyons, shipwright, convicted a Lancaster QS held at Preston in July 1827 of the theft of cottons. Grounds for clemency - Labouring under a mental derangement. Asks for a pardon so prisoner can be confined safely in an Asylum. Went to sea, married before he went and when he returned 11 months later found out that his wife has misconducted herself which sent the prisoner insane. Initial sentence, transportation for life. 1841 Census: Wattle Street, Parish Alexandria, County Cumberland, District: Sydney. Thomas died in 1868 at the Launatic and Invalid Establishment at Parramatta.