Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Charles Glossop was transported on the Marion, departing 22nd Nov 1843 and arriving 3rd Apr 1844 with 302 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 492 |
| 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
Refer Notes on Charles Jerrison (Glossop ?) on the Ship Woodford 1828. This Charles Glossop is presumed to be the same as "Charles of Oakleigh". It is believed that this Charles Glossop is the Son of Charles Glossop (Combmaker) & Catherine Sullivan who married 1823 in Southwark Surrey. Charles jnr appears in the 1841 Census at Tower Hamlets, refer Find My Past. During 1840, 1841 and 1842 he appears in Old Bailey records for theft, with a sentance in 1843 of Transportation on the Ship Marion. About 1852 he is in Victoria and, later a charge of stealing a Watch in Collingwood is recorded with a sentence of 1 year Gaol in Melbourne. The document mentions his marriage to Frances Reeves and his arrival on the Marion. They are recorded as him being a Gold Miner and having married 19 Apr 1855 in Creswick. No children have been found and Frances may have remarried an Alfred Addison, also no issue found. This Charles Glossop is believed to be the person who died 1882 in South Melbourne aged 53, with some unknowns. References are BMDs' Vic, Find My Past, etc. Published by Lynton Ford & Leanne Mason (descendant of a Charles Glossop).