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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Frederick Ford was transported on the St Vincent, departing 28th Dec 1852 and arriving 26th May 1853 with 214 passengers.
St Vincent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 629 (317) |
| 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
IN VDL: 26 May, 1853: On arrival in VDL, FREDERICK FORD was listed as convict #27903, a sweep, 25 years old, 5’5½” tall with dark brown hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion. He was single, Protestant, and semi-literate. Native place: Camberwell, Surrey. Family: Mother Ann; sisters Sophia, Julia and Harriett – native place; sister Henrietta -- America. (http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/ai24247). For further details see his VDL Conduct record at (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-115$init=CON33-1-115p58). --00--
VOYAGE: From the medical journal of the St Vincent, by Thomas Somerville, Surgeon Superintendent, Folio 3: 30 April, 1853: “Fred Ford, aged 22, convict; sick or hurt, herpes; put on sick list, 30 April 1853, discharged duty 8 May 1853.” (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C4106910) --00--
1849/50: He was sent to Pentonville prison, Caledonian Road, London -- admission date not found. -- 1 July, 1850: Frederick Ford, prisoner #1470, was admitted to Portland prison, Grove Road, Portland, Dorset. Opened in November 1848 as the first male convict public works prison, it received prisoners who had already undergone periods of separate confinement at Millbank, Pentonville and specially contracted local prisons (https://www.prisonhistory.org/). Frederick Ford was listed as 19 years old, single, literate, rope maker; convicted for stealing tools, with three previous convictions (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Frederick Ford; Portland Prison; Prison Records; Undated). --0--
JAILS: 1849: Croydon (Croydon Town Gaol and Lock-up House) -- on a list of “Prisoners in custody of the Keeper of HM Gaol, committed since last Assize”, #9 Frederick Ford, reads and writes imperfectly, 19, ropemaker, committed 18 July 1849 by GP Elliott Esq, charged on oaths of Francis Woods and others, with feloniously stealing, at Camberwell, one saw, and one hammer, the property of James Graves, and two planes and one saw, the property of John Gibbs – transported for 10 years (Surrey, England, Calendar of Prisoners, 1848-1902 for Frederick Ford; Croydon; 1848-1853). --0--
TRIAL: 6 August, 1849: Convicted at Croydon and sentenced to 10 years’ transportation for larceny; with previous convictions for stealing lead (6 months) and four other convictions for stealing (totalling 9 months’ jail). (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for Frederick Ford; England; Surrey, 1849; and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-115$init=CON33-1-115p58) --0--