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Transportation
Neil Gow Foggo was transported on the Isabella, departing 11th Jul 1833 and arriving 14th Nov 1833 with 299 passengers.
The Isabella was built in London in 1818. She was owned by William Wiseman, Patrick Chalmers and James Wallace. The Isabella transported convicts to Australia in 1818 (NSW), 1822 (NSW), 1823 (NSW), 1832 (NSW), 1833 (VDL) and 1842 (VDL).
Isabella (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 177 (90) |
| 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
Because of his disappearance from 1833, the heritage property due to him (including that from the estate of his sister Ann Foggo), was forfeited and taken up by his nephew David Foggo in Calcutta in 1882 after petition to the Scottish Court of Session see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Foggo-196 for details https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=CS46%2f1882%2f7%2f114 also https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff82060d03e7f57ebaeb6# These sources verify some details of his life and the death of his mother in 1874.
FOOTNOTE 2: It's likely his first name was incorrectly spelled in court and subsequent documents, and should have been Niel - the spelling adopted by family researchers.
1834: Assigned to Dr Murdoch - indolence, insolence and absconding - to be recommended to be sent to Port Arthur for one year (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-14$init=CON31-1-14p92). 1835: Muster - listed as transported to Port Arthur (see New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849). 1840: He was granted a Free Certificate (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-14$init=CON31-1-14p92). 1841: Muster - free by servitude (see New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849). 1840-41: Neil Gow Foggo left VDL aboard the American whaler Hudson which had been in the local news in VDL in November 1840, as one of three whalers caught in a bad storm at Koombana Bay, off Bunbury in West Australia. The Samuel Wright and the North America were wrecked but, according to a correspondent to the Tasmanian Weekly Dispatch, 20 November, p5: "The Hudson, Dennison master, rode the gale out without accident, and caught a whale in the bay the next day. He purports I believe remaining in the bay during the season, and is not prejudiced against the bay by the effects of the late gale." In March 1841, the Hudson was still off the WA coast, near Albany, according to the Sydney Gazette (16 March, p3). --00-- FOOTNOTE: Neil Gow Foggo would return to VDL - again as a convict - in 1845. He arrived aboard the David Malcolm and was listed as Neil Gow FOGO, a sailor. The rest of his life story, gleaned from some of the available records, is on that ship's page at https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/fogo/neil-gow/1731. But... it's appropriate to say here that Neil Gow Fogo/Foggo died, at Port Arthur on 17 March 1870, a free man. According to Lynette Ross's (1995) thesis, "Death and burial at Port Arthur, 1830-1877", he was living at Port Arthur and was a musician and labourer. He was 59 years old.
1833, 1 April: Neil Gow Fuggo [sic], 22, was received aboard the Justitia prison hulk at Woolwich. He was sent from there for transportation on 11 June 1833 (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849). 1833: On arrival in VDL, he was single. He said he had been transported for robbing his father of money. "He prosecuted me," he said (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-14$init=CON31-1-14p92). 1833: Muster - Neil Gow Foggo was assigned to Public Works (see New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849).
1833: Precognition against Neil Gow Foggo for the crime of theft Accused: Neil Gow Foggo, Age: 22, seaman, Address: c/o Kyle, India Place, Edinburgh, Origin: Born in Edinburgh (see National Records of Scotland; Reference AD14/33/480). --0-- 1833, 13 March: Trial papers relating to Neil Gow Foggo for the crime of theft. Tried at High Court, Edinburgh. Accused: Neil Gow Foggo, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty in terms of own confession, Sentence: Transportation - 7 years (see National Records of Scotland; Reference JC26/1833/582).