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Transportation
John Walsh was transported on the Pekoe, departing 10th Jul 1840 and arriving 7th Nov 1840 with 191 passengers.
Built Dundee, Scotland 1834. 379 tons. Rig type S. Transported convicts from Dublin, Ireland 1840 to New South Wales, Australia. List of 177 - 180 male persons. As this ship sailed direct from Ireland, the details of those on the voyage are NOT fully entered on this site, but being updated by volunteer researchers. Military Guard of the 96th Regiment plus 5 women and 11 children. Two boys, Matthew Wood (son of Michael Wood) and Patrick McArdle (son of James McArdle) - they were considered as free persons. Ship Surgeon, Robert Bower kept a Medical Journal.
Pekoe (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Robert Carey, Esq. Sub-Inspector, received by an order from Government, that the following County convicts, on Monday morning, to be transmitted to Dublin : —Thomas Griffin, and John Kelly, female violation, to be transported for life. John Madden, for manslaughter, Thomas Flanagan, violent assault, James Fitzpatrick, larceny. Thomas Dynan, and Michael Drury, for circulating forged notes, and altering the value of them from £1 to ten, and John Welsh, for assault, to be transported for seven years. The last named three convicts were from Innis. Limerick Chronicle, 27 May 1840.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. John Walsh, age on arrival, 24, per Pekoe, 1840. Tried at Clare, 1839, 7 years sentence, for Grievous assault. DOB 1816. Native place, Clare Co. Trade, Labourer. Single. Catholic. Remarks: CF 47/809.