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Transportation
Adolphus William Bodill was transported on the Palmyra, departing 4th Mar 1846 and arriving 22nd Aug 1846 with 312 passengers.
Previously named "Lady Palmira". Built 1820 at Calcutta. Wood barque of 602 Tons.
Palmyra (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 32 |
| 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
GEORGE GAMBLE, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM BODILL, Theft > theft from a specified place, Theft > receiving, 24th November 1845. GEORGE GAMBLE was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of July, at St. Michael, Corn hill, 8 watches, value 160l., the goods of John French, his master, in the dwelling-house of Peter Pattison; and ADOLPHUS WILLIAM BODILL for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. GAMBLE - GUILTY . Aged 31 Transported for Ten Years. BODILL - GUILTY . Aged 31 Transported for Fourteen Years. (There were five other indictments against Gamble, and two others against Bodill.) Mother: Catherine Brother: Bernard Sister: Charlotte William could read and write, was 5'7 1/2" tall, 33 years old on arrival, his occupation was a "COLOR & VARNISH MERCHANT" fair complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, Native Place: Newark upon Trent, small mole under left eye, hair thin on top of his head. His wife was Elizabeth Holland Walthew (who was a school teacher). They had 5 children. Elizabeth stayed in England and remarried to Edward Lysaght in 1857 although he's not with her on the 1861 census and she's 'widowed' by 1871. His conduct record in the remarks section mentions Sophia Atkins of 37 Brisbane St in 1849, it seems he was assigned to her. There is a lot of conjecture about what happened to him after he absconded in 1851. Some suggestion that he had a child with Sophia Atkins and may have moved to Victoria, or that he returned to England and remarried his wife Elizabeth as 'Edward Lysaught, however no trace of him after 1851 has been found. He may have changed his name after absconding, no deaths found for him under ‘Bodill or Bodil’ in Victoria, Queensland or NSW.