Name: | Charlotte Fox |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | f |
Date of Birth: | 1801 |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | 11th August, 1835 |
Age: | 34 years |
Life Span
Female median life span was 53 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Highway robbery |
Convicted at: | Warwick Assizes |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Midas |
Departure date: | 22nd July, 1825 |
Arrival date: | 17th December, 1825 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 108 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 282 |
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 Project. |
Tracy Kyberd on 6th October, 2014 wrote:
Married George Young 7-8-1826
Had 4 Children.
Died from burns. Have copy of Inquest into her death.
Ken Young on 29th April, 2016 wrote:
Convict Number 26959
Surname Fox
Given Name(s) Charlotte
Ship Name Midas
Departure Port London
Departure Date 24/07/1825
Arrival Date 23/11/1825
Conduct Record CON40/3
Ken Young on 29th April, 2016 wrote:
Charlotte Fox
Police Number: 47
Convict at: Warwick Assizes
Conviction Date and Sentence: 29th march 1825 Life (Death Recorded)
Transported for: Highway Robberty
Gaol Report: Character very bad. Single One child
Stated this offence: Highway Robbery.
Transported: per Midas.
Description:
Literacy: Cannot write.
Age: (1825) 24.
Colonial Experiences:
1826. August 7 th . Married to George Young, convict per Coromandel, at
Launceston.
1828. February 28 th . Wife of Young. Absent from Muster and Divine Service
On Sunday last. Reprimanded.
1832 and 1833 Musters:
Assigned to W.G.Walker. Esq
1835. August 11 th . Died at Launceston. Wilful Murder by William Rothwell. Rothwell was on the same ship Coromandel with her husband.
Charlotte arrived on the Midas’ first of two voyages as a convict transport. A ship of 430 tons, she was built at Hull in 1809. Her Master was James Baigrie and her surgeon-superintendent, Charles Cameron. The Midas sailed from London on the 24 th of July and arrived at Hobart Town on the 23 rd November 1825, where she disembarked 50 of her original complement of 109 convict passengers before proceeding to Sydney. Only one convict had died on the voyage.
Tracy Kyberd on 6th October, 2014 made the following changes:
date of death: 11th August, 1835 (prev. 0000), gender: f, crime
Penny-Lyn Beale on 26th March, 2022 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1801 (prev. 0000)
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