Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
Matthew Turner was transported on the Moffatt, departing 5th May 1836 and arriving 31st Aug 1836 with 404 passengers.
Moffatt (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 261 (133) |
| 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 |
Claims
"My 3rd great grandfather, born in Mildenhall Suffolk, UK, lived in Isleham, Cambridgeshire UK."
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Convict Notes
Matthew Turner, for burglary in the house of the Rev. J. Reynolds, at Isleham; transportation for life. Bury and Norwich Post, 23 March 1836. The under-named thirteen convicts for transportation have been removed from our county gaol, and delivered on board the Leviathan hulk, lying in Portsmouth Harbour, preparatory their being sent to New South Wales : —Peter Smith, William Smith, Hugh Fletcher, George Benford, Matthew Turner, and William Lowden, for life John Gifford and Henry Dawson, for 14 years ; Richard Bradford, Joseph Cornwell, Robert Dawson, Arthur Lake, and Charles Beaumont, for 7 years each. Cambridge Chronicle, 27 May 1836.
Lived in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, UK, was sentenced in Cambridge to transportation for stealing sovereigns from the rectory in Isleham in 1836. He has a wife and daughter (2nd Great Grandmother)