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Transportation
Edmond Scanlon was transported on the Asia V, departing 6th Aug 1831 and arriving 2nd Dec 1831 with 90 passengers.
Built in Calcutta in 1814, 523 tons Rig Type: S The Asia transported prisoners from counties throughout Ireland including Wexford, Cork, Clare, Athlone, Mayo, Limerick, Carrick. Galway, Roscommon, Tipperary, Kerry, Waterford, Belfast and Monaghan. Their crimes included varous forms of stealing and robbery, assault, vagrancy, highway robbery, house robbery, receiving, assault, manslaughter and whiteboy crimes.
Asia V (generic)References
| Primary Source | UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856 |
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Contributed by Carol Axton-Thompson on 9th February 2014 Edmond Scanlon was one of the many Irish convicts involved in the insurrection against wealthy landholders and he was convicted of assaulting a habitation. Life Sentence at Clare 02/06/1831. Transported to NSW,Australia on the 'Asia', departing 06/08/1831, arriving Port Jackson 02/12/1831. Conditions on this voyage were not good, with 14 deaths and many ill. Edmond Scanlon was admitted straight to hospital in Sydney but died shortly after.
1831 - New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records - 1831 - Asia V. No; 44 Name; Edmond Scanlon Crime; Assaulting Habitation Sentence; Life Age; 30 years Height; 5 ft 8 in Eyes; Grey. Hair; Brown. Complexion; Sallow County where tried; Clare. When Tried; 2 June 1831 Conduct; Good. Sent to Sydney Hospital
UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856 Nature of the Disease: Dysenteria (spelling as per the Journal) Scorbutica No of the Case; 56 Name: Edmond Scanlon Age; 30 Where taken ill: November 27th 1831 Death; Hospital on shore 09/12/1831 Notes; Sent to the General Hospital Sydney at 2.30 pm of the third of Dec and died there in ten days or a fortnight after his reception