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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Luke Walker was transported on the Earl St Vincent, departing 20th Apr 1826 and arriving 13th Aug 1826 with 165 passengers.
Earl St Vincent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 9 (6) |
| 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
Saltwater River Insane Asylum: Admission dates: 31 Jan 1855 CON127/1/2 page 140 - 1855. Aged; 54 years old. Colonial Funds. Free by Servitude. CON127/1/2 page 228 - 1856. Discharged to New Norfolk Asylum - 16 July 1856 1856 - Possible Death Record. 22 December 1856. Aged; 58 years old at H.M. Lunatic Asylum from Disease of the Brain
Tasmanian Records. Description: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-3/CON23-1-3/CON23-1-3-P140 No 714. Luke Walker, age 23, Henry was 29. Their native place was Walpole St Peter, Norfolk. Luke was a farm labourer, shepherd, ploughman. He gained his F.C. No 1832/23, 21 Jan 1832. See record for full details.
Lyndsey Sessions. Luke Walker and Henry Walker, labourers, of Irby, were indicted for stealing four pigs the property of Mr.Thomas Sykes, farmer, of that place, on the 12th of October last, and were on trial found guilty. The Chairman, in passing sentence, stated that one of the prisoners had been confined in Louth house of correction for a similar offence, and that it was well known both had been for a long time living by plunder, and in most depraved and dissolute manner: they were therefore sentenced to seven years' transportation. Stamford Mercury, 21 Jan 1825. Henry Walker was on the same ship.