HELP, info needed

[Roger Wolfe]

:Is there anyone out there who could help me finding infomation of a convict ship from 1840 ?, The name is the "Lord Lyndoch" (company unknown) my brother in law's ancesters came over on her from England to Australia, five months it took...He has asked me if I could find out any information on her, he (bro in law) has exhausted all channels in finding this info himself.
Many thanks, I know their is a wealth of knowledge out there.
Cheers, Roger

[Keith at Tregenna]

Could start here:

http://www.ozigen.com/index.htm?ssmain=p25901.htm;

OR

http://www.jenwilletts.com/searchact...ge=1&ship=lord lyndoch 1838&firstname=

http://www.monaropioneers.com/Woodfield-j.htm

Hopefully more may follow:

K.

Voyage* The Ship Lord Lyndoch sailed from Sheerness, Kent, England, in June 1833 and arrived in Sydney on 18 October 1833 under the master William Johnston and Surgeon David Watson. This was the Lord Lyndoch's second voyage to New South Wales.

Voyage The Ship Lord Lyndoch sailed from Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, on Wednesday, 4 April 1838 with William Petts aboard and arrived in Sydney on 8 August 1838 under the Master William Stead and Surgeon Obediah Pineo. This was the Lord Lyndoch's 4th trip to New South Wales.

[Jim Dunster]

Roger,
Try the museum of Sydney. They had a large display on this earlier in year and an email to them may get results. http://www.hht.net.au/museums/mos
Regards
Jim

[happy daze john in oz]

Roger i got some information on early arrivals from the newspaper archives. Try the Hobart museum they shoul have details of where you can obtain access to the archives. Look for the section on ships movements as all arrivals and departures are recorded in daily papers. As the ship was carrying persons selected by the highest in the land to come here there may well be an article on her arrival.

[Doc Vernon]

Hi Roger
The NA has a few things on that Ship as well,see tghis Link!
Cheers

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/c...17&image1.y=12

Also see here!

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~au...conships_l.htm

http://www.convictconnections.org.au/lyndoch.html

Events
Lewin Casper, a clerk in a firm of shipping agents, found out that 4,600 pounds sterling worth of gold-dust had been landed at Falmouth from Brazil and was being sent on to London. Together with his father, Ellis Casper (born c.1784 in London), he carefully planned a robbery. Its failure resulted in the deportation of the Caspers and their associates.

Ellis and Lewin Casper were sentenced at the Old Bailey in London on the 17th June 1839 for 15 years for "feloniously receiving stolen goods". They spent some time in the infamous Newgate Prison in London and were then transported to Van Diemen's Land on the convict ship "Lord Lyndoch" from Plymouth, arriving in 1841. It appears that it was the ship's fifth voyage to Australia. "Lord Lyndoch" was built in Calcutta in 1815 and was of AE1 class. It weighed 638 tons. The Master of the ship was John Humble and the Surgeon was Thomas W. McDonald. "Lord Lyndoch" left Plymouth for Australia on 11 September 1840 and arrived in Hobart Town on 5 February 1841, taking 147 days.


http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/1838

[Roger Wolfe]

G'Day Keith, John, Jim and Vernon, Many thanks for your suggestions and web sites where we can find more info on thiis ship, my Bro in law as astounded with what he could find given the right direction to turn to.
Thank you one and all, I knew the knowledge was out there.
Cheers, Roger

[Keith at Tregenna]

Would be good if you could let us know how you get on, the info may help or be of interest others and we may be able to assist further.

K.