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Transportation
Patrick Fox was transported on the Eliza, departing 10th May 1832 and arriving 6th Sep 1832 with 196 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Medical journal of the Eliza, convict ship, from 19 March to 18 September 1832 by Thomas Bell, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the ship was employed in a passage from Cork to Sydney, New South Wales. Folios 78-79: case no 31, Patrick Fox, prisoner; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, diarrhoea, complained of frequent purging with inclination to vomit, think’s his pork and pea soup do not agree with him never ate so much meat in all his life as on board this ship; put on sick list 17 August 1832, left the hospital 20 August 1832, the [next] morning this man came into hospital, he complained more of his dangerous state than any patient I ever had. The lower class of Irish generally aggravate their complaints by despondency.
Ennis Assizes – Friday Feb 24. Patrick Fox alias Sheennel, on Saturday pleaded guilty to indictment charging him with the robbery of John M'Mahon, of Wine-field. Fox had been previously transported for the …. upon the dwelling-house of Michael O’Keeffe, and the robbery of Patrick O’Keeffe, the first Commission, but was, upon the representation of his friends his Excellency the Ford Lieutenant. that he was “a young man of unblemished character,” sent back from the hulk at Cove. Immediately upon Fox’s return to Ennis, the Magistrates put committals upon him for sundry other offences, in which this “young man of unblemished character” had been concerned as principal accessary. The trial look place on Saturday for one of those offences, and he pleaded guilty, he was sentenced to be Transported for Life. Cork Constitution,1 Mar 1832.
New South Wales, Australia, Hospital & Asylum Records, Liverpool Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute Admissions and Discharges No; 3365 Name; Patrick Fox Age; 70 County; Ireland Religion; Catholic Date of Admission; 28 April 1867 By whom recommend; Board Date of Discharge; No date noted Ship; Eliza - 1832 Admissions and Discharges. Surgeon Superintendent Weekly Report 1891-1893 Died; 4 May 1886. Age; 86. --------------------------------------
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Indent No; 9 Name; Patrick Fox [Patrick Shavel, Patrick Sheenel.] Read & write, Single Trade or calling; Labourer, reaps Offence; Assault with intent to rob Trial where & Date; Clare - Spring assizes [25 Feb 1832] Sentence; Life. Age; 23 Year of birth; 1809 Height; 5 ft. 4 Eyes; Grey Hair; Sandy Completion; Ruddy & freckled Remarks; Noe large, scar over left eye brown, scar right jaw, back of hands freckled. served 3 months in the hulk at Cork. Brother in law, Edward Allen, 12 months ago.