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Michael Ginty was transported on the Hougoumont, departing 10th Oct 1867 and arriving 9th Jan 1868 with 281 passengers.
875 ton ship was built at Moulmein in 1852. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/on-this-day-in-history-australias-last-convict-ship-docks.htm ---------------------------- Incorrect Image ....This is a four masted steel hulled Barque in the drawing , im surprised Australian Geo didn't do a bit more research on this .......The Hougoumont was a works ship on the Forth Bridge Project in 1885 ....the one potrayed as a drawing in Aust Geo is the later version of this ship.....the photograph i have attached is the correct and original convict vessel. --00-- 1867 "The hired convict ship Hougoumont, which has been taken up by the Government for the conveyance of a numerous party of convicts to Freemantle, Western Australia, left the Nore on October 1, and proceeded down Channel, after receiving on board 150 convicts from the establishments at Chatham and Millbank. The convicts from the Chatham establishment, at St. Mary's, embarked from the dockyard on board the paddle-wheel steamer Adder, Mr. W. J. Blakely, and were in charge of a numerous party of convict guards and wardens, all heavily armed. Among the convicts shipped were a party of fifteen Fenians, who were engaged in the late conspiracy in Ireland, together with the officers and crew convicted of scuttling the ship Severn, and some others who have achieved notoriety from their crimes. The Fenian convicts, like the remainder of the prisoners, were chained together in gangs, but it was observed that they were kept apart from the other convicts in a portion of the vessel by themselves. The steamer Petrel also took down a number of convicts from the establishment at Millbank for shipment on board the Hougoumont, in charge of a strong escort and convict guard. On Tuesday, October 8th, the Hougoumont arrived in Portland roads. Shortly before midday ninety convicts were marched down to the Government pier at Portland under a strong escort of the 12th Light Infantry. The party included twenty-three Fenian convicts, among whom it was said, was Moriarty. The Government steamer employed in the breakwater service was used for conveying the convicts on board the Hougoumont transport ship. The convicts were chained together on embarking, and on board the steamer a strong guard of marines from her Majesty's ship St. George was formed, and saw the convicts safely placed on board the Hougoumont. The Governor of the penal settlement at Freemantle, Captain Young, is on board the Hougoumont, and returns in that ship to his sphere of duty after paying a visit to his native land." Source: Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 19 Dec 1867, p4, English Shipping, available on Trove at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271?searchTerm=hougoumont.
HougoumontReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/19, Page Number 254 |
| 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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From his FREMANTLE JAIL record: GINTY, Michael; inmate #9745, arrived 10 Jan 1868, per Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1839 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Labourer Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Leeds Crime: Robbery with violence Sentence Period: 10 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket Leave Date: 3 Jul 1872 Certificate of Freedom Date: 14 May 1878 Comments: Labourer, hut keeper, shepherd (https://fremantleprison.com.au/history-heritage/research/convict-database/). --00--
IN WA: 1868: On arrival in WA, convict #9745 MICHAEL GINTY was listed as 27, single, literate, Roman Catholic and a labourer, sentenced to 10 years for “felony robbery with violence”. Next of kin – sister Mary Ginty, care of Mary Albion, South Gate, Bradford, Yorkshire. He had numerous previous convictions. In January 1855, he was sentenced to four years’ penal servitude. In March 1861, he received a sentence of six years’ penal servitude. He had been transported to Gibraltar during that period and was “liberated” from there on licence in 1865. He was jailed at Wakefield for stealing (four separate occasions) and nine times for vagrancy. His behaviour in Millbank jail was described as “indifferent”. Michael Ginty received his Ticket of Leave on 3 July, 1872; and Certificate of Freedom on 14 May, 1878 (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department Registers, General Register for Nos 9599-10128 (R16)). —0—
30 September, 1867: He was sent to board the Hougoumont for transportation to WA: “The hired convict ship Hougoumont, which has been taken up, by the Government for the conveyance of a numerous party of convicts to Freemantle, Western Australia, left the Nore [anchorage] on October 1, and proceeded down Channel, after receiving on board 150 convicts from the establishments at Chatham and Millbank. The convicts from the Chatham establishment, at St. Mary’s, embarked from the dockyard on board the paddle-wheel steamer Adder, Mr. W. J. Blakely, and were in charge of a numerous party of convict guards and wardens, all heavily armed. Among the convicts shipped were a party of fifteen Fenians, who were engaged in the late conspiracy in Ireland, together with the officers and crew convicted of scuttling the ship Severn [only two were on the Hougoumont – Thomas Berwick and Lionel Holdsworth, each sentenced to 20 years for fraud], and some others who have achieved notoriety from their crimes. The Fenian convicts, like the remainder of the prisoners, were chained together in gangs, but it was observed that they were kept apart from the other convicts in a portion of the vessel by themselves. The steamer Petrel also took down a number of convicts from the establishment at Millbank, for shipment on board the Hougoumont, in charge of a strong escort and convict guard. On Tuesday, October 8th, the Hougoumont arrived in Portland roads. Shortly before midday ninety convicts were marched down to the Government pier at Portland under a strong escort of the 12th Light Infantry. The party included twenty-three Fenian convicts, among whom it was said, was Moriarty [Bartholomew Moriarty went aboard the Hougoumont, not the high profile, senior Fenian Captain Mortimer Moriarty]. The Government steamer employed in the breakwater service was used for conveying the convicts on board the Hougoumont transport ship. The convicts were chained together on embarking, and on board the steamer a strong guard of marines from her Majesty’s ship St. George was formed, and saw the convicts safely placed on board the Hougoumont. The Governor of the penal settlement at Freemantle, Captain Young, is on board the Hougoumont, and returns in that ship to his sphere of duty after paying a visit to his native land.” (Sydney Morning Herald, 19 Dec 1867, p4, at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271). —00—
JAIL: 1867, 22 January: From Leeds, Michael Ginty, 26, labourer, was admitted to Millbank Prison, Pimlico, London. Listed as inmate #2825, single, semi-literate, Roman Catholic; behaviour at Leeds “good”. By this time he had served 1 month 8 days in separate confinement. Family – sister Mary A Ginty at Mary Lovell’s, 8 Clarence Place, Manchester Road, Bradfield, Yorkshire (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Millbank Prison; Register of Prisoners, 1866-1867). —0—
TRIAL: 1866, 14 December: At the Leeds Town Hall, Michael Ginty was found guilty of “robbery with violence after a previous conviction of felony”. He was sentenced by Mr Justice Robert Lush to 10 years’ penal servitude and 24 lashes. Further details from his Wakefield jail record, as follows: NAME: Michael Ginty CRIMINAL ADMISSION AGE: 26 RECORD TYPE: Register BIRTH DATE: 1840 OCCUPATION: Laborer CRIMINAL CHARGE: Feloniously assaulting, stealing SENTENCE: ten years CRIMINAL ADMISSION DATE: 17 Sep 1866 CRIMINAL ADMISSION PLACE: Yorkshire, England JAIL: Wakefield Gaol SOURCE DESCRIPTION: Wakefield Gaol, Yorkshire: Calendars of Trials At Sessions For the West Riding of York. --00--
COMMITTAL: 1866, 17 September: Michael Ginty was committed to stand trial by J Farrer Esq, at Bradford, on a charge of “feloniously assaulting Richard Wroe, and stealing from his person the sum of ten shillings, his property, at Bradford, on the 15th September, 1866”. He was admitted to Wakefield Jail on the same day (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Michael Ginty; Wakefield Gaol; Calendar of Trials, 1860-1879). --0--