Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Patrick Cullen was transported on the Pestonjee Bomanjee, departing 16th Apr 1852 and arriving 31st Jul 1852 with 292 passengers.
Built 1835 at Dumbarton, Scotland. Wood barque of 595 Tons.
Pestonjee Bomanjee (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 405 (205) |
| 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
NOTE: There is quite a disparity in the age listed for him across all his records, so the year of birth listed in the summary section should be viewed with caution. --0--
9 July, 1851: Patrick Cullen was transferred to Dartmoor Prison at Princetown (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Patrick Cullen; Misc.; Register of Prisoners; 1774-1789??). Originally built in 1809 and first used for prisoners of war, Dartmoor was reopened as a male convict public works prison in November 1850. Within five years the prison became reserved for less able-bodied convicts (https://www.prisonhistory.org/prison/dartmoor-prison/). --00-- NOTE: His jail records give his trade as a labourer, but the ship's surgeon identifies him as a soldier.
JAIL: 10 July, 1850: Transferred from the Stirling Castle hulk at Portsmouth (where he was prisoner #2943) and received aboard the Defence hulk -- Patrick Cullen, 25, prisoner #561, Roman Catholic. He had been convicted at Maidstone of a felony, with a previous conviction for same and sentenced to 7 years' transportation. Gaolers' reports: Shorncliff indifferent; Stirling Castle hulk good. Born: Bridge Lane, Wexford, Ireland. Description: Sandy hair, grey eyes, fair complexion; 5'7" tall. Labourer; illiterate. Health good on receipt from the hulk. Relatives: Mother Ann Cullen, Bridge Lane, Wexford (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Patrick Cullen; Misc.; Register of Prisoners; 1774-1789??). --0--
TRIAL: 4 April, 1848: Patrick Cullen, 25, illiterate, was tried and convicted at Maidstone for larceny; he had a previous conviction for felony (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for Patrick Cullen; England; Kent; 1848). --0--
VOYAGE & DEATH AT SEA: From ADM 101/59/4 - Medical journal of the Pestonjee Bomanjee, HM convict ship, for 1 April to 6 August 1852 by Daniel Ritchie, Surgeon (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10536031): Folio 2: Patrick Cullen, aged 38, soldier; disease or hurt, phthisis pulmon. Put on sick list, 2 May 1852. Died 21 June 1852.