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Transportation
Joseph Walker was transported on the Florentia, departing 14th Aug 1827 and arriving 3rd Jan 1828 with 173 passengers.
Florentia was a 453-ton merchant ship built at Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1821. Two voyages to Australia transporting convicts - 1827 and 1830.
FlorentiaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 460 |
| 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
ADM 101/27/51827-1828 Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Florentia for 23 July 1827 to 14 January 1828 by James Dickson, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed on a passage to New South Wales. Folios 30-34: James Walher, aged 37, Convict; disease or hurt, febris typhus. Put on sick list, 15 October 1827, at sea. Died 3 November 1827. 'The body was committed to the deep and the usual precautions taken to destroy the putrid effluvia arising from the body'. _______________________________________________________________ Many of the names in the Surgeon's journal were slightly different from those on the Indent records. Several of the convicts became sick on the voyage, with "typhus Febris", from August onwards. The Florentia arrived at Cork in September and six men were discharged to the hospital there, convalescent, but too weak to continue a long sea voyage. They were later sent on to New South Wales on the ship Governor Ready. This was the only death on the voyage.
At the assizes for this county, which open on Saturday before Justices Park and Holroyd, there are only 15 prisoners for trial:—viz. … Joseph Walker, for stealing sheep at Carlton; and Wm Ashton and Geo. Andrew, for feloniously receiving the same;— Stamford Mercury, 15 July 1825. ------------------------------------------------------------- Hulk Records, Chatham HO-9-1_3 (12 Prisoners) Received from Lincoln Castle, 29 Jan 1826 Thos Cooke, age 35, Stealing sheep, Tried at Lincoln, 16 July 1825, Life, NSW Aug 1827. Jos. G. Walker, age 35, Stealing sheep, Tried at Lincoln, 16 July 1825, Life, NSW Aug 1827. --------------------------------------------------------------
Joseph Walker was found guilty sheep-stealing at Burton, and sentence; of death was recorded against him.— Wm. Ashton and Geo. Andrew or receiving the same, were sentenced to years' transportation. The only prisoner left for execution is John Royte, for highway for highway robbery at North Hykeham.  Stamford Mercury, 23 Sept 1825. The following convicts were removed from Lincoln Castle on Saturday the 28th ult. for the Dolphin hulk lying off Chatham: Thomas Cooke, Joseph Walker, Robert Scargall, Wm. Hodgson, and John Royte, for the term of their natural lives; Edward Laythorpe, for 14 years; and Samuel Glover, George Gibson, Wm. Ellis, Thomas King, William Dunn, and Wm. Blood, for the term of seven years each. Stamford Mercury, 3 Feb 1826.