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Lysander Curtis was transported on the Buffalo, departing 28th Sep 1839 and arriving 12th Feb 1840 with 90 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
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| Primary Source | Tasmanian Archives on line. (page 84 Convict Conduct Record) |
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Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-8$init=CON31-1-8p84 2578. Lysander Curtis. Per Buffalo, 12 Feb 1840, Tried at Province of Upper Canada, 28 Dec 1838, Life. Transported for Piratical Invasion of Upper Canada. Wife and 2 children. Wife Sarah, State of Massachusetts. Dead. ------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Appropriation Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-8$init=CON27-1-8p28 2578. Lysander Curtis, 5 ft 9. age 34, Shoemaker, Tried in Upper Canada, life, native of Vermont. Dead.
Tasmanian Burial Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-2p020j2k Parish of Trinity in County of Buckingham. Lysander Courtis. Abode – Hospital, Buried 3 April 1840, age 35, per Ship Buffalo, Convict,
Lysander Curtis was charged with piratical invasion of Upper Canada. Wife Sarah and 6 children in Massachusetts.
Lysander sailed from Upper Canada 12\7\1840 he was married to Sarah and they had a child at the bottom of his record it just says DEAD and is not dated.