Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Frederick Homes was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 234 |
| 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
NEWSPAPER NOTICE: The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth), Wed 6 Jun 1866, p2; Advertising: "In Re Frederick Holmes, of Geraldton, Champion Bay, Store keeper. NOTICE is hereby given, that, by an Indenture bearing date the twenty eighth day of May, 1866, and made between Frederick Holmes, of Geraldton, Champion Bay, in the Colony of Western Australia, Storekeeper, of the first part; Thomas Rontree, of Fremantle, in the said colony, Saddler, (a Creditor of the said Frederick Holmes) of the second part; and the several other persons whose names are thereunto subscribed and seals affixed, also Creditors of the said Frederick Holmes, of the third part; all and singular the stock-in-trade, household furniture, goods, chattels, personal estate, and effects, whatsoever and wheresoever, of him the said Frederick Holmes, and all the book debts, sum and sums of money of and belonging or due and owing to him the said Frederick Holmes at the time of the execution of the said indenture, and all the right, title, interest, benefit, advantage, claim, and demand whatsoever of him the said Frederick Holmes of, in, to, or out of the same respective premises or any part thereof respectively, were assigned unto the said Thomas Rontree, his executors, administrators, and assigns, upon the Trusts therein mentioned, for the equal benefit of all the Creditors of the said Frederick Holmes; and the said Indenture was duly executed by the said Frederick Holmes on the day of the date thereof, in the presence of Alfred Durlacher, Esquire, of Champion Bay, aforesaid, Justice of the Peace; and the said Indenture was duly executed by the said Thomas Rontree on the fourth day of June, 1866, in the presence of Charles Symmons, Esquire, of Fremantle, in the said colony, Justice of the Peace; and the same Indenture now lies at the Office of Messrs. J. J. Harwood & Co., Auctioneers, at Fremantle, aforesaid, for execution by the Creditors of the said Frederick Holmes. Dated the 4th day of June, 1866. THOMAS RONTREE, Trustee, Fremantle." (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66015173) --00--
From his Fremantle jail record: HOLMES, Frederick; inmate #4554, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Alias: HENNELL, HOMES Date of Birth: 1836 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Clerk Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Chelmsford, Essex, England Crime: Uttering forged bank notes Sentence Period: Life Ticket of Leave Date: 15 Mar 1860 Conditional Pardon Date: 23 Aug 1866 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/) --00--
Frederick was my Great, Great grandfather. He married Sarah Rontree the daughter of Thomas Rontree a warder who had also travelled to Australia with his family on the Nile. Frederick married under the name Kennell but reverted back to Holmes at a later date. In 1864 Frederick became clerk to the Fremantle merchant Lionel Samson. Two children were produced from Frederick's marriage. The eldest, Alice and then George Frederick who became an early pioneer of the Kimberly area. Around 1866 he had a store in Champion Bay. Shipping records show that he possibly may have travelled to Mauritius with horses about 1869. I have no record of him after that date.