Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Abel Horn was transported on the Maria Somes, departing 22nd Apr 1844 and arriving 30th Jul 1844 with 264 passengers.
Maria Somes (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 64 |
| 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 |
Claims
"Abel Horn was my 3rd great grandfather on my mother's side. I visited Tasmania a few years ago but was not able to find his grave. He died two years after completing his sentence."
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Convict Notes
Sudden Death and Inquest.-An inquest was held at Southport before E. A. Walpole Esq., on the 28th of March on the body of a man named Abel Horne, who died under the following circumstances : he was dressing himself preparatory to getting his breakfast, and going out to work when he was suddenly taken ill and died in a quarter of an hour, the result of the evidence was a verdict of sudden death from Apoplexy. The Hobarton Mercury, 7 April 1856.
The following are the sentences of the prisoners tried on the last day of these sessions:— To he transported ten years. Abel Horn and John Dinks, breaking Into building at Bilston, and stealing a vertical jack and a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of James Keay. (There were ten other indictments against these prisoners.) Wolverhampton Chronicle, 17 Jan 1844.
His trade may have contributed to his early death? An iron puddler was a worker in iron manufacturing who specialized in puddling, an improved process to convert pig iron into wrought iron with the use of a reverberatory furnace. Working as a two-man crew, a puddler and helper could produce around 1.5 tons of iron in a 12-hour shift. The strenuous labor, heat and fumes caused puddlers to have a short life expectancy, with most dying in their thirties. Puddling was never automated because the puddler had to sense when the balls had "come to nature" — the point when molten pig iron begins to solidify into a malleable mass, allowing for removal from the furnace and further processing. Source: Wikipedia.
Tasmanian Records. Indent: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-22/CON14-1-22P156 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-22/CON14-1-22P157 No 13473, Abel Horn, tried at Stafford Q.S. 2 Jan 1844. 10 years. Age 26, protestant, married, cannot read nor write, Offence, Breaking into a brewhouse and stealing a pr of boots pr Mr Kay, Bilston; neglect of work, 1 month, striking my sister, 2 months. Surgeon’s report, Good. Trade, Puddler. Native place, Bilston. Relations: W, Anne. M, Anne. B, Saml. S, Anne, Mary, Betsy, at NP.