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James Fitzsimones was transported on the Bangalore, departing 11th Apr 1848 and arriving 14th Jul 1848 with 205 passengers.
Built 1843 at Jersey. Wood barque of 877 Tons.
Bangalore (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 294. -0- National Archives, Kew, at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10231720. -0- Edgar, W. (Bill). (2018). “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” at https://www.jstor.org/stable/26783779. -0- Bateson, C. (2004), “The convict ships 1787-1868”, Library of Australian History, Sydney, pp.59-60. |
| 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
EMBARKATION FOR BERMUDA 1845, 8 December: James Fitzsimones, #3170, aged 23, was sent from the Warrior prison hulk to board the Barretto Junior for Bermuda (England, Criminal Lunatic Asylum Registers, 1820-1876 for James Fitzsimones; Quarterly Returns of Prisoners in Hulks; 1845; December, at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/9163/images/ho8_086_00079, image 341). --0--
1845, 5 December – Article from the Sun, p12: “CONVICTS FOR BERMUDA.—One hundred convicts were taken down the river yesterday, in the Witch steam-packet, from Millbank Penitentiary, and put on board the Warrior convict hulk, opposite Woolwich dockyard until the Barretto Junior is ready for their reception. The Woolwich Alecto steam-packet took down one hundred convicts on the same day, and they were also put on board the Warrior with the others, being for the same destination.” (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002194/18451205/176/0012) --0--
1845, 3 December: He was sent from Millbank to the Warrior Prison hulk, at Woolwich, to be loaded aboard the Barretto Junior for transportation to Bermuda (UK, Criminal Records, 1780-1871 for James Fitzsimones; Prison Registers and Statistical Returns; 1845-1846; HO 24/2; at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61805/images/ho24_002_00217, image 217). --0--
PRISONS 1845, 17 November: James Fitzsimones was admitted to Millbank Prison, London – inmate #7730, received from Chatham [Barracks Prison?]. Listed as 23, single, illiterate, shoemaker and soldier of 33rd Regiment of Foot; general court martial on 28 August, 1845, at Fredericton, New Brunswick; convicted for desertion, sentenced to 7 years’ transportation, with one previous conviction by Garrison Court Martial (UK, Criminal Records, 1780-1871 for James Fitzsimones; Prison Registers and Statistical Returns; 1845-1846; HO 24/2; at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61805/images/ho24_002_00217, image 217). --0--
COURT MARTIAL 1845, 28 August: Private James Fitzsimones, 33rd Regiment of Foot, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, was court martialled for desertion, and sentenced to 7 years’ transportation (Judge Advocate General's Office: general courts martial registers, abroad, 1829 – 1850 at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1693585046/view, image 100). Note: Some subsequent records give his date of court martial as 17 September, 1845. The 33rd (1st York, West Riding) Regiment of Foot, formed in 1702, was designated as the 33rd regiment in 1751. The regiment was garrisoned in Fredericton from 1844 to 1848. Under the command of the 1st Duke of Wellington, the 33rd fought at the Battle of Waterloo. After the Duke’s death in 1852, “Queen Victoria, in recognition of the regiment’s long ties to him, ordered that the regiment’s title be changed to the 33rd (or the Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment, on the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1853” (British Army units garrisoned at Fredericton, at silverhawkauthor.com). --0--
James Fitzsimons/Fitzsimones was the only convict casualty on the Bangalore’s voyage from Bermuda to VDL. He died on July 12, 1848, two days before the ship’s arrival at VDL. Below is some of his story, pieced together from official records. The different spellings of his surname are reproduced as they appear in the cited documents. --0--