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Thomas Stuart was transported on the Waterloo, departing 18th Dec 1830 and arriving 30th Apr 1831 with 200 passengers.
1829 - Waterloo's first voyage arrived at Sydney Cove 9 July 1829. 180 Male Convicts. 2 Died on voyage. 7 sent to the hospital on landing. Total mustered; 171. Stephen Addison - Commander Michael Goodsire - Surgeon Superintendent [His wife was a passenger] 1842 - The Waterloo voyage of 1842 was wrecked on 28/8/1842. 189 people drowned, these being 143 convicts, 15 men of the 99th Regiment, together with 17 wives and children, the boatswain Mr. Chiverton, the sailmaker, the carpenter and 11 of the crew. Convicts were then received in Cape Town Prison from the wreck of the Waterloo, 2nd September 1842. They then completed their voyage to VDL per “Cape Packet” which arrived on 23/11/1842.
WaterlooReferences
| Primary Source | Drogheda Journal, 24 July 1830 |
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Convict Notes
National Archives of Ireland. Ireland – Australia Database. Convict Thomas Stewart, Trial Place, Co. Louth 1830. Doc Date, 1836. Doc Ref: FS 1836 B12. Convict's wife Margaret, residing in Ardee, Co. Louth requests a free passage to New South Wales.
Thomas Stewart, John M'Nulty, and Thomas Reilly, were indicted for that they the 2d day February in the year of his late Majesty’s Reign, did feloniously steal a quantity Calf Skins, the property of Thomas Lamb of Ardee, the value of .£30. Reilly and .McNulty were also indicted for having received the same knowing said goods were stolen. Thomas Lamb sworn —Is leather cutter, residing in Ardec : lost about ??? worth of leather, the 2d of February last : got part it back in the month June from Capt. Deccluzeau.— The leather produced is part of that which lost —Knows it by the stains on one side of got the information about the leather from Capt Deccluzeau. ... The Jury then retired, and after some delay delivered the following verdict.—Thos. Stuart, Guilty of stealing the leather, and John M’Nulty and Thos. Reilly, Guilty of receiving the same knowing it to have been stolen, Stuart was sentenced to be transported for seven years, and McNulty and Reilly to be imprisoned for twelve months and kept to hard labour. Drogheda Journal, 24 July 1830
Thomas Stuart/which became Stewart later on, was 27 years old when transported. Thomas was the son of a stone-mason and it was he second offence. Thomas left behind a wife, Margaret, and three children, the eldest seven and the youngest, Alleck, born after his father had been sent to prison. Thomas would not see them again for six years, and Alleck, never, as he died before his mother and two older sisters arrived on the Thomas Harrison in 1836. 1831: Assigned to the Elkins' farm, at Lower Portland Head, on the Hawkesbury River. Thomas was 5'3 1/2" tall, sallow, pockpitted complexion, dark brown hair, grey eyes, blue mark between left forefinger and thumb. Early records show Thomas's name as "Stfuart" but later ones all favour the "Stewart" spelling. 1835: TOL 26/12/1839: COF Thomas and Margaret started farming in the same area of the MacDonald Valley he had worked as a convict. They added another five children to their family. Thomas lived well into his 80's, dying in 1888, just one year after Margaret. He died without leaving a will, his estate was worth £271, not a inconsiderable sum for that time.