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Transportation
John Tucker was transported on the Vittoria, departing 26th Aug 1828 and arriving 17th Jan 1829 with 160 passengers.
Vittoria (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 480: NSW Convict Indents -Bound Indentures Non-printed; Official documents and Newspaper. |
| 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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1828 - UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856 John Tucker. Age: 25 . Birth Year: 1803/4 Treatment Year: 1828 Treatment Place: United Kingdom Nature of the Disease; Febris (Fever) No of the Case; 29 Date taken ill: 13th November 1828 Notes; Complains of violent pain of the head, eyes watery and inflamed great thirst... Discharged; 16th November - Gave him a dose of Bark
Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) dated Friday 11 December 1846 page 2 News From the Interior. Bungendore. Melancholy Suicide - On Monday evening 30th November, the body of a man named John Tucker, late a stonemason in the service of W. E. King, Esq, Gidleigh, was found hanging in a tree near the church at Bungendore. It appeared that on Sunday he asked Mr Dwyer, the publican at Bungendore, for some spirits, but he only gave him one glass; deceased then endeavoured to procure some from the men about the place, but did not succeed. He was last seen that night about 10 o'clock sober, and he said that he should go home; but in the morning was found by a boy. From appearances and the marks on the tree, he must have climbed up about ten feet to a branch - then, with two handkerchiefs tied together - one round his neck, and the other to the branch he must have launched himself into eternity. The body presented a most ghastly appearance, and an awful instance of the effects of drunkenness; for, although not intoxicated at the time, he was and had been for some days previous under the influences of liquor. It is to be hoped that this fearful event will tend to check some of the unfortunate victims of intemperance in their career, and deter others from indulging in what can only be considered as the greatest curse in the colony. Two other men have been drowned from the same cause during the last week; on in Queanbeyan and another at the Long Swamp. Mr W. E. King is William Essington King grandson of Phillip Gidleigh King,, third governor of the colony of NSW. This was a tragic event.
The Convict Indents state that John Tucker was aged 25 years old; Married with one child; could read and write; Religion Protestant and a native of Devon. He was convicted of stabbing a man at Exeter on 18 March 1828 and sentenced to life. He had no prior convictions. Physical Attributes: 5 feet 5 inches; complexion ruddy; hair brown and eyes dark hazel. Prisoner number 29/414. Transport number 36. Comment: Assigned to Mr James McArthur, Camden, NSW. Appears to have worked for Mr James McArthur until he received his ticket of leave. Ticket of Leave dated 28 February 1837 Number 37/448. Allowed to remain in the district of Camden on recommendation of Stone quarry, dated November 1836. Received Conditional Pardon 7 October 1844 from Sir George Gibbs, NSW Governor. Died 30 November 1846 in Bungendore and buried in Queanbeyan Riverside Cemetery. Register of Coroners Inquests for 1846 No. 85 for Mr John Tucker. The Coroner was Nathaniel Stephen Powell of Bungendore. Mr Tucker died 30 November 1846 and the verdict of Felonious death dated 21 December 1846.