Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
William Dinsdale was transported on the Edwin Fox, departing 24th Aug 1858 and arriving 20th Nov 1858 with 284 passengers.
892 ton ship, built in Calcutta, India in 1853. Transported convicts, pensioner guard, soldiers and their families - from Plymouth, England to Western Australia - 1858. (Had been to Australia previously, in 1856, as a passenger ship.) (Later went on to service in the Crimean War.) Converted to be a passenger ship and carried immigrants to New Zealand. In 1880 converted, again, as a cool storage facility in Picton, New Zealand. Ship was in use until 1950 when abandoned. In 1965 she was bought by the 'Edwin Fox Society' and towed to Shakespeare Bay for restoration and then towed to Picton Harbour, New Zealand for display and is on the National Trust Registry, NZ. She is the second oldest surviving merchant ship.
Edwin FoxReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 299 (151) |
| 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 |
Claims
"William Dinsdale arrived 1858 aboard the Edwin Fox. In 1861 his wife and children emigrated on ship Tartar and joined him. There daughter Mary Ann married convict William McMullin in 1867. There daughter Agnes married my great grandfather Charles Waghorn."
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Convict Notes
TRIAL OF PRISONERS WILLIAM DINSDALE, 41, pleaded Guilty to four different charges of stealing, in September and January last, post office letters at Malton. The prisoner was letter carrier, and had been in that situation for many years. He begged for mercy, saying that he had wife and six children depending upon him for support. His Lordship told the prisoner that his offence was one of a serious character, and meriting severe punishment. Whilst in a position of trust he had purloined letters belonging to different parties, who in consequence had not only experienced inconvenience, but had suffered loss. The sentence of the court was that he be kept in penal servitude for six years. Yorkshire Gazette, 14 March 1857.