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Joseph Berry was transported on the Hougoumont, departing 10th Oct 1867 and arriving 9th Jan 1868 with 281 passengers.
875 ton ship was built at Moulmein in 1852. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/on-this-day-in-history-australias-last-convict-ship-docks.htm ---------------------------- Incorrect Image ....This is a four masted steel hulled Barque in the drawing , im surprised Australian Geo didn't do a bit more research on this .......The Hougoumont was a works ship on the Forth Bridge Project in 1885 ....the one potrayed as a drawing in Aust Geo is the later version of this ship.....the photograph i have attached is the correct and original convict vessel. --00-- 1867 "The hired convict ship Hougoumont, which has been taken up by the Government for the conveyance of a numerous party of convicts to Freemantle, Western Australia, left the Nore on October 1, and proceeded down Channel, after receiving on board 150 convicts from the establishments at Chatham and Millbank. The convicts from the Chatham establishment, at St. Mary's, embarked from the dockyard on board the paddle-wheel steamer Adder, Mr. W. J. Blakely, and were in charge of a numerous party of convict guards and wardens, all heavily armed. Among the convicts shipped were a party of fifteen Fenians, who were engaged in the late conspiracy in Ireland, together with the officers and crew convicted of scuttling the ship Severn, and some others who have achieved notoriety from their crimes. The Fenian convicts, like the remainder of the prisoners, were chained together in gangs, but it was observed that they were kept apart from the other convicts in a portion of the vessel by themselves. The steamer Petrel also took down a number of convicts from the establishment at Millbank for shipment on board the Hougoumont, in charge of a strong escort and convict guard. On Tuesday, October 8th, the Hougoumont arrived in Portland roads. Shortly before midday ninety convicts were marched down to the Government pier at Portland under a strong escort of the 12th Light Infantry. The party included twenty-three Fenian convicts, among whom it was said, was Moriarty. The Government steamer employed in the breakwater service was used for conveying the convicts on board the Hougoumont transport ship. The convicts were chained together on embarking, and on board the steamer a strong guard of marines from her Majesty's ship St. George was formed, and saw the convicts safely placed on board the Hougoumont. The Governor of the penal settlement at Freemantle, Captain Young, is on board the Hougoumont, and returns in that ship to his sphere of duty after paying a visit to his native land." Source: Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 19 Dec 1867, p4, English Shipping, available on Trove at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271?searchTerm=hougoumont.
HougoumontReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/19, Page Number 244 |
| 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
DEATH OF JOSEPH BERRY -- August 1902? "CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. The following return has been prepared by tho Superintendent of Public Charities, Mr. J. Longmore, giving particulars of admissions, discharges and deaths in the various charitable institutions of the State for the month of August: Old Men's Home, Perth. - Number in home on July 31, 293: admitted during August, 47; discharged, 44: deaths, 9; remaining on August 31. 266. Names of those who died: Joseph Florrie, 49; Dennis Felligell, 77; Joseph Berry, 73..." (Western Mail (Perth), 6 Sep 1902, p38 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37544052). --00--
IN WA: From his FREMANTLE jail record: BERRY, Joseph; inmate #9663, arrived 10 Jan 1868 per Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1824 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Shepherd Literacy: Semiliterate Sentence Place: Manchester Crime: Being in UK while under sentence of transportation Sentence Period: 20 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 3 May 1875 Certificate of Freedom Date: 14 Apr 1887 Comments: Conditional Release 1877. Labourer, general servant, shepherd (https://fremantleprison.com.au/) --0--
30 September, 1867: He was sent from Millbank to board the Hougoumont (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Joseph Berry; Millbank Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1867-1868). “The hired convict ship Hougoumont, which has been taken up by the Government for the conveyance of a numerous party of convicts to Freemantle, Western Australia, left the Nore on October 1, and proceeded down Channel, after receiving on board 150 convicts from the establishments at Chatham and Millbank... The steamer Petrel also took down a number of convicts from the establishment at Millbank for shipment on board the Hougoumont, in charge of a strong escort and convict guard. (Sydney Morning Herald, 19 December 1867, p4, on Trove at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271). --00--
28 September, 1867: Admitted to MILLBANK prison, Westminster, London -- inmate #3864 (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Joseph Berry; Millbank Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1867-1868). --0--
3 September, 1867: Admitted to PENTONVILLE prison, Caledonian Road, London -- inmate #4190. He was sent from Pentonville to Millbank "for embarkation on board the Hougoumont for Western Australia" (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Joseph Berry; Pentonville Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1866-1869). --0--
JAILS: December, 1866- September, 1867: Held at SALFORD COUNTY prison, New Bailey Street, Salford, Lancashire (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Joseph Berry; Pentonville Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1866-1869). --0--
TRIAL: 3 December, 1866: At his third appearance at the Liverpool Assizes in 15 years, he was tried for “being at large without lawful excuse before the expiration of a term of twenty years for which he had been ordered to be transported”. He was convicted and sentenced to another term of 20 years’ penal servitude (i.e. transportation) “and previously thereto to be imprisoned for one week” (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for Joseph Berry; England; Lancashire; 1866). --0--
TRANSPORTATION: 8 November, 1860: Joseph Berry was sent aboard the Palmerston convict ship for transportation to WA, arriving there on 11 February, 1861 (see https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/berry/joseph/46393). His behaviour was such that he was granted a Conditional Pardon on 9 June 1865. Conditional Pardons were "granted to well-behaved convicts who had been transported for life. This allowed them freedom, but they were not to leave the colony", whereas an Absolute Pardon "gave very well-behaved convicts complete freedom; they could stay in the colony or to return home." (https://www.nla.gov.au/research-guides/convicts/tickets-of-leave) When Joseph Berry set foot again on English soil, some time after 9 June 1865, he had violated the terms of his Conditional Pardon. It seems he tempted fate even further by returning to Liverpool. --0--
TRIAL: 6 December, 1856: While out of jail on parole, he again went before the Liverpool Assizes, and was sentenced to 20 years' transportation for robbery with violence. Newspaper report of the trial: "ASSAULT AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY OF £200. James Close, 35, turner, and Joseph Berry, 30, a labourer at the chemical works, were indicted for having, at Elton, near Bury, on the 8th of November last, assaulted Samuel Ramsbottom and stolen from him £200. Close was acquitted, but Berry, who was a ticket-of-leave man, was found guilty, and sentenced to 20 years’ transportation." (Liverpool Daily Post, and Bolton Chronicle, 13 December, 1856). --0--
TICKET OF LEAVE: 26 December, 1855: Joseph Berry was not transported. Instead, he was slated to serve out his time in England. His good behaviour in jail gained him a Licence for Parole (Ticket of Leave) #4696, and he was given early release from Portsmouth prison in Hampshire (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10340952). --0--