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Transportation
Edwin Turner was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 15th Apr 1836 and arriving 20th Aug 1836 with 332 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 256. Tasmanian Archives- convicts http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON31-1-44,180,13,L,80. Indent of personal details. Application for Permission to marry; Colonial Families. Newspapers online http://trove.nla.gov.au 9 Apr 1847 Colonial Times. |
| 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
Edwin Turner was convicted for stealing silver spoons & shirts etc. (Also convicted of this offence was associate Joseph Dyson - also convicted and transported to VDL on this ship). York 08/07/1835. 14 yr sentence. Transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the 'Lord Lyndoch' arriving 1836. Gaol Report: bad disposition and associates. Previous convictions. Hulk Report: Orderly Ship Surgeon's Report: good Single man; aged 21yrs; native place of birth - Sheffield; labourer; lt blue eyes; lt reddish hair; 5'2 1/4". Assignments in Colony. Several records of misconduct and punishments. Recorded in his favour when he gave evidence in a court case for John Gray in 1838. Assigned as a Constable. 1840: Hobart Town Police Report. Monday, June 29. Edwin Turner, a constable, was charged with clandestinely leaving the barracks last night, and sentenced to hard labour in chains for six months. 1841: at Bothwell Application for permission to marry: March 1844 to Ellen Clarkson (transported per Navarino). Approved. Reg'd 921/1844-37. Colonial Families record: TURNER, EDWIN Gender: Male Birth 1817 - Marriage/Relationship: 1844 - LAUNCESTON,Tasmania ( CLARKSON, ELLEN ) Death: FAMILY INFORMATION Children: 333558 TURNER EDWIN 1845 Conditional Pardon no. 347 28/04/1847