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Voyage
Transportation
Charles Elton was transported on the Palmerston, departing 8th Nov 1860 and arriving 11th Feb 1861 with 296 passengers.
978 ton ship was built at Moulmein, Burma in 1853. On the voyage from Portland, England to the Swan River Colony, Western Australia in 1860/61 the ship also carried passengers, pensioner guards, wives and children as well as soldiers and 296 convicts.
Palmerston (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 341 |
| 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
TRANSPORTED: 25 August, 1851: Austin Montroe arrived at Gibraltar penal station, having been sent from England per the Hempsyke. Listed as inmate #1710, transported before and having “attempted to escape”, he was held aboard the Europa hulk. Other details: born 1816 [sic], 35 years old, married, birth place Stepney; a dealer, sentenced to 15 years for larceny (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Misc.; Register of Prisoners; 1810-1822 [mislabelled]). 27 May, 1853: He was discharged from Gibraltar and sent back to England per the Centaur. --0--
CRIMINAL HISTORY: 1 February, 1847: Austin Montroe, 33, a labourer, was convicted at the Old Bailey and sentenced to 15 years’ transportation for stealing 20 yards of doe-skin cloth valued at £9 from Timothy Huffman. On the same day, he was also tried, separately, and found not guilty of two other offences: burglary in the dwelling house of Joseph Burdoe, and stealing from there a quantity of cloth valued at £280; and larceny in a dwelling house in London. He had a previous conviction for felony (7 years’ jail) (London, England, Newgate Calendar of Prisoners, 1785-1853; Piece 54: 1847). --0--
IN THE BEGINNING: 10 October, 1813: He was christened at Chatham, in Kent, England, as Austin Julien Montrion De Lonchamps, the son and second child of Julian Austin Montrion De Lonchamps, a bookseller, and Ann James, according to family researchers. Aside from the various aliases listed in official following records, family researchers say he also went by: Austin Julian Montrion, Alfred Fulton Elton and Austin Fulton Montriou. --0--