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Transportation
Benjamin Barnes was transported on the Ramillies, departing 25th Apr 1854 and arriving 7th Aug 1854 with 280 passengers.
757 ton barque ship Ramillies was built at Sunderland in 1845. There only appears to be one voyage to Australia with convict passengers. She carried the thirteenth of 37 shipments of male convicts for Western Australia. The 1854 voyage took 79 days and the Ramillies arrived in Fremantle on August 7, with 94 passengers and 277 convicts (1 death recorded on voyage). (The passengers comprised 30 Pensioner Guards and their families.)
Ramillies (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 81 (42) |
| 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
Benjamin Solomon Barnes, Born in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England. Convicted of firing a hay stack, at Oxford assizes on the 16.07.1851. Given the sentence of life and transported to Fremantle in the Swan River Colony of Western Australia. Benjamin died in Coonabarabran in New South Wales, Australia.
Name: Benjamin Solomon Barnes, Convict 3125, sentenced to life, for Firing a stack. Convicted in Oxford. Occupation: Mason. Distinguishing marks: Tatoo of anchor on back on right hand and ring on 3rd do. 19 Year old at time of conviction.Trial date 1851.