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Transportation
Patrick Gibbons was transported on the Merchantman, departing 29th Jun 1864 and arriving 12th Sep 1864 with 261 passengers.
1018 ton ship built in Sunderland 1852/53. Two (2) voyages to Australia with convict transportee's - both to Western Australia. On these voyages, she also carried 'Pensioner Guards' and their families, a few free passengers and soldiers. The 1862 voyage went via Bermuda and picked up British and local prisoners.
Merchantman (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/19, Page Number 63 (34) |
| 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
From The York (WA) Occurance Book. 30 Oct 1877 M. Brady T.L. reported at the station 3:30pm that last night when he was at Harden, Yorks (WA) at Beverley he happened to have a few words with Patrick Gibbons T.L. and that while he was asleep at about 11pm he felt a sharp pang and uppon awakening found his lower lip gone, and saw Gibbons standing in front of him with the piece of his mouth. The whole bottom lip had been bitten off from the chin leaving only the corners.
Patrick was 24 when transported. He was single, illiterate and protestant. He worked as a laboiurer, general servant, reaping and a shepherd. 20/12/1868: TOL 9/1/1880: COF Patrick was a violent man and drank heavily. Always in and out of court, mostly in York, WA, and in and out of goal. He had no proper skills, illiterate and somewhat of a vagrant. Drunkeness, assaulting the Resident Magistrate, Indecent language, fighting, biting off the lip of another man after an argument etc. In 1886 he was arrested 4 times for being a loose, idle, drunken and disorderly person. Loitering, no visable means of support etc. Patrick died in 1890. He came to his death by falling out of a cart, 4 miles from York and being crushed under a wheel. He was drunk.