Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Frederick Fewster was transported on the Katherine Stewart Forbes, departing 21st Feb 1832 and arriving 16th Jul 1832 with 223 passengers.
Katherine Stewart Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 271 (136) |
| 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
MARRIAGE: 1845, 23 June: Frederick and Mary Ann Harrison per Rajah (1841) were granted permission to marry (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-2p034). 1845, 21 July: Frederick Fervester [sic], 25 a tailor, and Mary Ann Harrison, 34, were married in the Penitentiary Church, Hobart Town (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-4p375j2k). Note: His age does not tally with court or hulk records. Mary Ann had been transported for 10 years for stealing from the person (pickpocketing). She was a widow with one child. 1850, 6 August: Mary Ann Harrison Fewster/Fervester died in Hobart Hospital (see http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON40-1-6,258). 1851, 18 January: Frederick Fewster, per KS Forbes, free by servitude and a widower, sailed on the steamship Shamrock from Launceston bound for Melbourne (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/POL220-1-1).
1832: On arrival in VDL, he was 18, a tailor and single. 1844, 14 June: Granted a Ticket of Leave. 1848, 17 September: Certificate of Pardon approved (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON34-1-3$init=CON34-1-3P453).
1831, 8 September: Frederick Fewster was convicted at the Old Bailey for stealing a handkerchief, and sentenced to 14 years. He was 17. 1831, 5 October: Admitted to the Cumberland prison hulk at Chatham, and sent from there on 14 February 1832 for transportation (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849).