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Transportation
Robert Whitmore was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 30th May 1792 and arriving 7th Oct 1792 with 349 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 184 |
| 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
Robert Whitmore, was 21 years old when indicted, along with William Glassby 19, and William Pendall 20, of stealing 30 fathom of 12 inch cable, value 50s., the goods of Thomad Dodds. 3/10/1796: Married Mary Goodall (Surprize 1794, Highway Robbery). 1805-6: Robert was Free by Servitude. 1811: Sentenced to 7 years at Newcastle Penal Settlement for stealing 283lbs of salted pork, from the cargo of the ship he was on. 1814: Was separated from Mary Goodall and she was living in Windsor at this time, Mary died 1822. 27/10/1815: Pilot at Newcastle when the 'Estramina' ran aground. 1818: Given a grant of land on the Hunter River after his efforts of salvage work on the Estramina in 1817. 1822: Married 2nd wife Martha (Margaret) Greenwood (Lord Melville 1817) a servant aged 20, he was 58. Margaret had been charged with insolent behavious at the Female Factory and had been sent to Newcastle Penal Settlement as punishment, this was how she met Robert. 18/2/1823: On return of land cleared and other improvements made by settlers, Patterson Plains. 1828 Census: Age 64, Free, Farmer at Mt Pleasant, Patrick Plains. 26/11/1837: Free Pauper, died aged 74 at Newcastle Hospital. Burial date.