Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Harrison was transported on the Lord Dalhousie, departing 19th Sep 1863 and arriving 28th Dec 1863 with 272 passengers.
1852 - Voyage. 912 tons. Ferris from Cork. 322 male convicts. C.A. Anderson Esq, MD, Surgeon Superintendent.
Lord Dalhousie (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 577 (290) |
| 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
NOTE: Occupation -- painter, not painter and glazier (the only option offered).
From the Greenough Museum web site at https://greenoughmuseum.org.au/convict-notes/ "Thomas Harrison #7443 Charged with breaking and entering in 1862 and sentenced to 10 years, Thomas Harrison arrived in Fremantle just a few days before his twentieth birthday. It might not seem like a great start to adulthood but Harrison quickly became one of Greenough’s most upstanding and civic-minded citizens. In Manchester on Christmas Eve 1843, Margaret, wife of Stephen Tanner gave birth to a boy. We don’t know much about how this boy grew up. By 1859 he had married Elizabeth Harrison and they had a daughter, Elizabeth. He then began using the alias, Thomas Harrison. It was under this name that he appeared before a judge at Manchester on 7 March 1862, charged, along with two other men, of house breaking and entering a dwelling house and stealing. Harrison received a sentence of 10 years. Harrison was transported on the Lord Dalhousie, arriving in Fremantle four days after his twentieth birthday. He is described as being, 5ft 3½ins tall, light brown hair, black eyes, long visage, sallow complexion, slim build, tattoo of a man & mermaid on left arm, flags & crown on right arm. On 1 April 1864 he was appointed acting ‘convict constable’ (the most trusted convict put in charge of a convict group – earning the privilege of a small gratuity). Promotion was swift to convict Constable 3rd class in June 1864; to 2nd class in September 1864; and Convict Constable 1st Class in March 1865. Harrison was granted his Ticket of Leave on 4 August 1865 at Champion Bay. Harrison received his Conditional Pardon on 18 December 1869 and his Conditional Freedom on 3 April 1872. By then, Harrison was living with Ann, widow of John Patience (another expiree) at “Rock of Ages” Farm (just across the road from this museum). Ann had been left with 8 children ranging in age from 13 to an infant. The couple went on to have another seven children, three being born before they married in St Peter’s Catholic Church, Greenough, on 19 April 1877. In 1880 Harrison served as Chairman of the Greenough Mechanics Institute and secretary of the Greenough Farmers’ Club. He also served on the Greenough Roads Board from1883-1898 and 1906, and was Chairman for 1887, 1889, 1892 and 1894-98. Ann died in December 1897. Harrison married Martha Bennett in November 1902 at Geraldton. Harrison is buried in an unmarked grave alongside his first wife and members of the Patience family at the Greenough Pioneer Cemetery. We have another two notes from Thomas Harrison in the collection."
WA Convict 1843 TOL 4 Aug 1865 CP 18 Dec 1869 C of F 30 Apr 1872