Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Charles Clifford was transported on the Coromandel, departing 25th Jun 1838 and arriving 26th Oct 1838 with 350 passengers.
Coromandel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Parish records. |
| 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
1839 - Burials in the Parish of Trinity. No; 809. Name; Charles Clifford Abode; Hospital When buried; 31 December Age; 48 years Ship’s Name; Coromandel 2nd Quality or profession. Convict
Baptised 18/06/1791 in St Peter and St Pauls Church, Shepton Mallet. Married Sarah WICKHAM 10/02/1812 in St Peter and St Paul's Church.
Died in The Hobart Hospital.
Convistion record from Ilchester Gaol, Somerset, Date: 26/10/1837 Charles Clifford, 45, 5'7" tall, stocky build, oval face, brown hair, hazel eyes. Born Shepton Mallett, mason living at Axbridge, married with 6 children. Charles was charged with stealing a wether sheep of Thomas Tozer. Guilty. Transported for 10 years. To the Ganymede Hulk, Woolwich, 23 Nov 1837 : 'Character good, poor but honest'. Charged with him was his son, Joseph Clifford, 16. Mason. Joseph was charged with stealing a wether sheep of Thomas Tozer. Guilty. Sentenced to one calendar month House of Correction - last week solitary. Sent to Shepton Gaol. Convict No. 14266 Charles Clifford Ship Name: Coromandel Departure date: 12/6/1838, Arrival date: 26/10/1838, On board where 85 men, 91 women and 89 children. Charles Clifford died 2 years after he arrived in Australia. His son Joseph later emigrated to Adelaide (abandoning wife and family back in Somerset) and married the young widowed landlady of the West Terrace Hotel in Adelaide, Ellen Corcoran, in 1875. He died in 1884 in Hilton, South Australia, a wealthy man.