Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Edmund Champ was transported on the Pyrenees, departing 31st Jan 1853 and arriving 30th Apr 1853 with 296 passengers.
Pyrenees (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 19 (11) Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 Western Australian, Australia, Convict Records, Edmund Champ |
| 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
Edmund Champ was single, 5’8 ½” tall, light hair, grey eyes, fair complexion, tolerably stout. 1/5/1853: TOL 2/9/1853: The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News: (Domestic Sayings and Doings): A Ticket-of-leave holder was accidentally killed a few days ago in the Leschenault district. The man, whose name was Edward Champ, was a sawyer in the service of Mr Pearce Clifton, and was in the act of felling a tree, when it fell upon him, and occasioned such injuries as to cause his death.
Edmund was convicted at Winchester Assizes on the 1st March 1849 and arrived on the 1st May 1853. Edmund died on the 18th August 1853, and it is said that a tree or log fell on him.