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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Norcross was transported on the Larkins, departing 11th Jun 1831 and arriving 19th Oct 1831 with 279 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200
Larkins (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 117 (61) |
| 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
9/11/1830 Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser Cumberland, England: At the Preston Quarter Sessions last week, Thomas Mawdsley, John Tassiker, Thomas Norcross, William Hoole, and J. Houghton, the Houghton poachers, were all found guilty; the first four were sentenced to seven years transportation, but as several respectable persons gave Houghton a good character, the Court considered his case deserving of mitigation, and sentence him to two years' imprisonment only in Lancaster Castle. Thomas Norcross was listed as 20 years old on arrival and was transported for 'poaching and stealing a gun'. Thomas was 5'6½" tall, single, brown hair, light grey eyes, illiterate. Father: Thomas Norcross at native place, a labourer. Brother: Richard Sisters: 2 with father and mother. 1832-33 Musters: Assigned to Captain A Barclay 1835 Muster: Assigned to Dr Landale. March 1836: TOL 20/10/1837: COF