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Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Berry was transported on the Palmerston, departing 8th Nov 1860 and arriving 11th Feb 1861 with 296 passengers.
978 ton ship was built at Moulmein, Burma in 1853. On the voyage from Portland, England to the Swan River Colony, Western Australia in 1860/61 the ship also carried passengers, pensioner guards, wives and children as well as soldiers and 296 convicts.
Palmerston (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 339 http://fremantleprison.com.au/history-heritage/history/convict-database/ http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa28.html |
| 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
** TWO JOSEPH BERRYS' ON THIS VOYAGE ** Convict No. 5623. 13/8/1859 Leicestershire Mercury Leicestershire, England: Will Forgery at Manchester.—At the Salford Police Court, on Monday, Richard Hardy, Ruth Berry, Joseph Berry and John Hope were charged with forging a will, and uttering it at the Probate Court in Manchester. Joseph Berry was listed as being 29 years old on arrival in WA. He was Married, wife Ruth, with 1 child, 5'7" tall, dark brown hair, brown eyes, sallow complexion, stout, moles on back of neck, semiliterate. 9/10/1863: TOL 12/7/1862: CP Comments: Labourer, general servant, cook, sawyer. To NSW 12th April, 1873.