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Arnold Gerber was transported on the Adelaide, departing 16th Apr 1855 and arriving 18th Jul 1855 with 261 passengers.
The 'ADELAIDE’ was built 1832 in Calcutta. Wood ship of 640 Tons. 1849 voyage: Departed London 17 Aug 1849. The convicted persons were then known as 'Exiles' because they had served part of their sentence in England and providing they were of good conduct were to be given a 'Ticket of Leave' or Conditional Pardon upon arrival in Australia. The 'Adelaide' arrived at Hobart, VDL on 29 Nov 1849 and disembarked 40 men. The ship then sailed to Port Phillip, Victoria but was refused entry and so sailed on to Port Jackson, New South Wales arriving there 24 Dec 1849. 1855 voyage: departed Portland, England on 19 April 1855, arriving Fremantle, Western Australia on 18 July 1855. 260 convicts, 1 death. The ship also carried 30 Pensioner Guards and their families.
Adelaide (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 127 (65) |
| 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
ARNOLD GERBER, WILLIAM WAGNER, and PHILIP KESSLER, were indicted (with Solomon Krakauer, who was not given in charge to the Jury,) for feloniously forging and uttering a warrant and order for payment of 340l., with intent to defraud. GERBER— GUILTY . Aged 29. WAGNER— GUILTY . Aged 37 (arrived per Palmerston 1860) KESSLER— GUILTY . Aged 33. (not recorded as a convict) Solomon Krakauer was discharged. Arnold Gerber was 34 years old on arrival, 5’4 ½” tall, dark brown hair, brown eyes, dark complexion, middling stout. 18/7/1855: TOL 30/11/1858: CP 31/12/1857: Permission to marry Mary A McCann. Marriage registered in 1859. 26/8/1859: Lived near the Colonial Hospital, Perth, with his wife Mary Ann. 8/10/1863: The West Australian Times: A STRINGENT CLAUSE IN THE POLICE ORDINANCE.-On Monday, Arnold Gerber, cabinet-maker, was charged by a zealous policeman before L. S. LEAKS, Esq., Perth, (sitting for the Police Magistrate) with having used "threatening language," in breach of the Police Ordinance, Sect. 59, Clause 12. It appears that Gerber was on a spirited horse belonging to Mr. H. L. Cole, and seen by Police Sergeant Campbell within a few yards of Cole's door to be riding fast. The Sergeant did not seem to think he could substantiate a charge of " furious riding," yet he sent a policeman into Mr. Cole's stable to look at the state of the horse. Cole and Gerber were both in the stable, and the former made no complaint. The policeman deposed that when Gerber heard that Police Sergeant Campbell had accused him of furious riding, he shook his fist in the air, and said that he had " often seen Campbell ride 150 times more furious, and the next time he saw him he would do for him "or words to that effect. Whereupon, the zealous policeman seized him by the collar and hauled him of to the lock-up, where he would probably have remained all Sunday, had not Mr. Cole's English blood been so stirred up by this appearance of official tyranny, that he had the case represented to the Superintendent, who ordered Gerber to be discharged on his own recognizance. 11/11/1864 Perth Gazette: SAILED. November 3.-Kestrel, 190 tons, F. Davis, master for Sydney. Passengers Arnold Gerber, (wife not mentioned.) 11/7/1879: The Argus, Melbourne: Was a former inmate of the Benevolent Society. 1/6/1883 The Argus, Melbourne: The medical officer further stated - It has been reported to me that Arnold Gerber, an inmate, attempted to commit suicide, this is the second attempt which been made, I do not consider him insane. 20/3/1885 The Argus, Melbourne: Deaths during the last week at the Benevolent Society: Arnold Gerber native of Berlin Prussia (63) of congestis pulmonalis. No children listed, no further marriage for Mary Ann listed, also no death found.