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Transportation
John Wittam was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 134 |
| 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
Crown Calendar. JOSEPH LISTER(I9), WM. BARTRIM (20), and JOHN WHITTAM (22), charged with having, on tlie 14th day of April, at Carlton, on the King's highway, robbed Daniel Barritt of nine shillings in coin, one handkerchief, and a quantity of beef, his property. Yorkshire Gazette, 25 Aug 1832. National Archives, HO-9-1_5. Cumberland Hulk Records. Page 35. Received from York, 3 December 1832. John Whittam, age 22, Robbery, Tried York 27 Aug 1832, Life, NSW 24 May 1833.
Absconded. Whittam John, Lord Lyndock, 33-2342, 26, Lancashire, weaver and hawker, 5 feet 5½ inches, fair and freckled comp., sandy to red hair, grey eyes, small hairy mole right cheek, arms and breast freckled, from W. Lawson, Bathurst, since December 18, 1836. NSW Govt Gazette, 11 Jan 1837.