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Philip Hustwaite 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 235 (120). --00-- Edgar, W. (Bill). (2018). “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” The Great Circle, 40(1), 20–43. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26783779. --00-- https://fremantleprison.com.au |
| 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: Years of birth and death are from official records, but days and months are not -- the latter dates were inserted because the database won't accept a year alone.
DEATH: NAME: Philip Hustwait AGE: 79 ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: 1831 REGISTRATION QUARTER: April-May-June DEATH REGISTRATION PLACE: Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom DEATH DATE: June 1910 INFERRED DEATH PLACE: Northamptonshire, United Kingdom VOLUME: 3b PAGE: 28 Note: Jessie Hustwait died in 1908, aged 74 (England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915). --0000--
OTHER – BAPTISM: 1833, October 30: Philip, son of Thomas (a butcher) and Mary Hustwait, of Hog Hill, was baptised at All Hallows Church, Wellingborough (Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 for Philip Hustwait; Wellingborough, All Hallows; Parish Registers; 1826-1842). OTHER -- MARRIAGE: 1865, 2 July: Philip Hustwait (35), a butcher, of 5 Upper Ashley Street, Goswell Road, married Jessie Goff (32), a spinster of the same address, at Holy Trinity Church, Hoxton (London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 for Philip Hustwait; Hackney; Holy Trinity, Hoxton: Bletchley Street; 1848-1867). Their only child, a son Philip, was born in 1866 and died in 1932 (British Army, WWI, Service Records, 1914-1920). --00--
1901 CENSUS: NAME: Philip Hurstwart AGE: 70 ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: 1831 STREET ADDRESS: Somerset Street RELATION TO HEAD: Head GENDER: Male SPOUSE: Jessie Hurstwart BIRTH PLACE: Wellingborough CIVIL PARISH: St Andrew ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH: St Michael and All Angels COUNTY/ISLAND: Northamptonshire COUNTRY: England REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Northampton SUB-REGISTRATION DISTRICT: St Giles HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE NUMBER: 63 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS: Name Age Philip Hurstwart 70 Jessie Hurstwart 67 Source: 1901 England Census for Philip Hurstwart; Northamptonshire; St Andrew; ALL; District 16. --00--
1891 CENSUS: Name Phillip Husthwait [Hustwait] Gender Male Age 60 Occupation: Butcher Street Address: 10 Brook Street Birth Year 1831 Spouse Jessie Husthwait Child Phillip Husthwait Birth Place Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England Civil parish St Sepulchre Ecclesiastical parish St Andrew Residence Place St Sepulchre, Northamptonshire, England Registration district Northampton Sub registration district St Giles Household Members (Name) Age Relationship Phillip Husthwait 60 Head Jessie Husthwait 57 Wife Phillip Husthwait 25 Son --00--
LIFE AFTER TRANSPORTATION: 1881 CENSUS: NAME: Phillip Hustmart [Hustwait] AGE: 48 ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: 1833 OCCUPATION: Butcher RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD: Head SPOUSE: Jessie Hustmart GENDER: Male WHERE BORN: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England CIVIL PARISH: Northampton St Sepulchre COUNTY/ISLAND: Northamptonshire COUNTRY: England STREET ADDRESS: 36 Wood Street MARITAL STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Butcher REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Northampton HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS: Name Age Phillip Hustmart 48 Jessie Hustmart 46 Phillip Hustmart 15 (1881 England Census for Phillip Hustmart [Hustwait]; Northamptonshire; Northampton; St Sepulchre; ALL; District 17). --00—
ARRIVAL: 1878, 9 March: “HOME. LONDON, 9th Mar.— The Daylight, Abrahamson, arrived in the River from Champion bay (West Australia)...” (Lloyd's List, Monday, 11 March 1878, p11) --00--
THE VOYAGE: 1878, 11 January: Very heavy weather and damage ... “REPORTS AND CASUALTIES... The Daylight barque, Abrahamson, from Champion Bay for London, arrived at St. Helena Jan. 28th, reports having experienced very heavy weather, Jan. 11, in lat. 35 S, long. 24 E, during which she lost lower foretopsail, mizenstay and staysail.” (Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, Monday, 18 February, 1878, p4 at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000289/18780218/042/0004). “SHIPS’ REPORTS. Report of the Barque Daylight, Abrahamson, from Champion Bay (West Australia), Dec. 1. Had fine weather until Jan. 9. On the 11th experienced terrific gale, in which lost fore lower topsail and mizenstaysail, and parted mizenstay. The vessel laboured very heavily, and strained very much. Jan. 25, arrived at St. Helena and left same day. Had fine trades. Feb. 24, experienced a heavy gale from WNW to NW with high sea, and so continued until within 200 miles of Lizard Point, which was passed March 3, 93 days out.” (Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, Saturday, 9 March, 1878, p4) --00--
SAILS FOR ENGLAND: 1877, 29 November: From the Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth), Wed 19 Dec 1877, p1: “PORT OF GERALDTON. SAILED. Nov. 29. — Daylight, barque, 629 tons, J. G. Abrahamson, for London. Geo. Shenton and J. H. Monger, joint agents. Passengers — Mrs. Wheelock, and Messrs. John Price, J. Weaver, Henry Davies, Jno. Jones, Philip Hustwaite, E. Hague, Geo. Griffin, and Geo. Hutton. Cargo—1,700 bales wool, 250 tons lead ore, 100 bags gum; also, 80 cases exhibits for Paris Exhibition.” (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66302512) --00--
From his FREMANTLE JAIL record: HUSTWAITE, Phillip; inmate #9776, arrived 10 Jan 1868 per Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1831 Marital Status: Married 1 child Occupation: Butcher Literacy: Literate Sentence Date: 1866 Crime: Receiving stolen goods Sentence Period: 10 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 20 Jan 1871 Certificate of Freedom Date: 13 Nov 1877 Comments: Wool washer, butcher, general servant. To London, 29 Nov 1877 (https://fremantleprison.com.au) --00--