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Joseph Jubb 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, p254 --0-- Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; General Register for Nos 9599-10128 cont. (R16) -- 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 |
| 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
"Joseph JUBB's wife (whom he killed) was Elizabeth Lawton JUBB (source: marriage cert) Elizabeth was my 1st cousin 4 x removed. Her mother was Hannah JUBB, sister of my 3 x ggrandfather - Isaac JUBB of Honley, Huddersfield. At the moment, I haven't found a direct connection to Joseph, this is work in progress. https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/jubb/joseph/68560"
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Convict Notes
NOTE: Year of Birth is taken from official records but day and month are not known. The latter dates have been entered as 01/01 because the site does not allow those fields to be left empty.
DEATH: From the West Australian, 2 September, 1899, p4: “PERTH PUBLIC HOSPITAL.— The following report in connection with the Perth Public Hospital for the week ending September 1st was issued by the resident house surgeon last evening —Patients admitted, 18; discharged, 17; died, 2 (John Boag, 35, and Joseph Jubb, 78); remaining in the hospital, 59 (typhoid 3); out-patients treated, new cases, 40; out-patients, reattendances, 240.” (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3234115) --000--
OTHER: Between 1883 and 1895, Joseph Jubb was in and out of the Police and Magistrates Courts in Perth, appearing in the main to answer charges of drunkenness and disorderly behaviour. His last reported sentence, handed down in the City Court, Perth, on May 27, 1895, was for 21 days in jail for drunkenness, disorderly conduct and damage to property in the lock-up (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4544227). --00--
FREMANTLE JAIL RECORD: JUBB, Joseph; inmate #9789, arrived 10 Jan 1868 per Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1823 Marital Status: Widower, 3 children Occupation: Weaver Literacy: Illiterate Sentence Place: Leeds Crime: Manslaughter of wife Sentence Period: 20 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 1 March, 1876 Certificate of Freedom Date: 18 June, 1887 Comments: Wood cutter, cook, general servant, sawyer, grubber, labourer, limeburner, fence maker, stone breaker (https://fremantleprison.com.au/history-heritage/research/convict-database/). --00--
IN WA: 1868: On arrival, JOSEPH JUBB, 44, was listed as convict #9789; sentenced to 20 years, at Leeds, 28 March, 1867, for “felony and previous conviction”; weaver [note change of trade]; widower, three children; illiterate; Protestant; family – children Mary,11, Henry 7, and Eliza 4; character “good”. Described as 5’7” tall, dark brown hair, grey eyes, round visage, dark complexion, middling stout; marks – injured top joint left forefinger. Ticket of Leave 1.3.76; Certificate of Freedom 16.6.87 (https://www.perthdps.com/convicts/con-wa42.html; and Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; General Register for Nos 9599-10128 cont. (R16)). --0--
EMBARKATION: 1867, 30 September: He was sent from Millbank to board the Hougoumont for WA (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Joseph Jubb; Millbank Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1867-1868; image 84). “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 [only two were on the Hougoumont – Thomas Berwick and Lionel Holdsworth, each sentenced to 20 years for fraud], 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 [not the senior Fenian, Captain Moriarty; rather, this was Bartholomew Moriarty, aged 17]. 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.” (Sydney Morning Herald, 19 Dec 1867, p4, at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271). --00--
1867, 28 September: Admitted to Millbank Prison, London – inmate #3852 (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Joseph Jubb; Millbank Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1867-1868; image 84). --00--
1867, 20 May: Admitted to Pentonville Prison, Caledonian Road, London – inmate #4607, Joseph Jubb, 20 years’ P.S., convicted at Leeds (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Joseph Jubb; Pentonville Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1866-1869; image 101). --0--
JAILS: 1867, 23 February: Joseph Jubb, 43, labourer, illiterate was admitted to Wakefield Gaol, Love Land, Wakefield, awaiting trial; committed by TE Taylor Esq, Dodworth Hall, near Barnsley. He was held there following his conviction for manslaughter and sentence of 20 years’ penal servitude (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Joseph Jubb; Wakefield Gaol; Calendar of Trials; 1860-1879). “After a sentence of transportation was handed down, the prisoner entered into a separate stage where he was placed into an individual cell, isolated from others, apart from brief periods of exercise and attendance at chapel. However, no communication of any kind with other prisoners was permitted at any time. The philosophy behind this penal methodology had its provenances in the religious, monastic traditions; i.e., that in the isolation of his cell the malefactor would be able to contemplate the errors of his way, unadulterated by the negative influences of former contemporaries, and be reformed.” (Edgar, 2018, pp39-40) When first put into practice, the mandated period of separate confinement was 18 months. By the late 1840s, authorities had conceded that such conditions of imprisonment were “injurious to many prisoners’ mental health” and the stint was reduced to 12 months. Periods of separate confinement were reduced further “as a prisoner displayed good behaviour tendencies” (Edgar, p40). Wakefield, Millbank, Pentonville and Mountjoy in Ireland were the “Probation” or “Separate” prisons, as were some local jails. --0--
From the Express, 2 April, 1867, p1: “SHOCKING CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER. — At the Leeds assizes yesterday, Mr. Justice Lush sentenced a nut hawker named Joseph Jubb to 20 years' penal servitude for the manslaughter of his wife, Elizabeth Jubb, at Thurlston, on the 7th February. The evidence adduced in support of the charge disclosed circumstances of great ferocity. The prisoner, who was so abusive in the dock that he had to be repeatedly admonished by the learned judge, returned to his home at Thurlston on the night of the 31st January last, in a state of partial intoxication, and fiercely demanded from his wife, who was enceinte [pregnant], a substantial supper. The poor woman, who had to leave her bed to admit into the house her dissipated husband, was unable to provide a supper which would satisfy him, and thereupon he commenced beating her in a most violent manner, and kicked her in various parts of her body so savagely that one of the blows left such deep indentations of the nails in his hoots that they were observable a week afterwards when the post mortem examination was made after her death on the 7th of February. One kick he dealt on the lower portion of her body, and to this blow, the concussion of which caused the lining membrane of the womb to become detached and cause inflammation, the medical gentleman who was examined attributed her death. The morning after the attack the deceased drew the attention of the prisoner to the marks on her body, upon which the prisoner remarked—‘I have been lame long enough, and I thought it was thy turn now.’ The prisoner alleged that the deceased hurt herself by falling over a log of wood when she got up to admit him on the night of the 31st of January, and that owing to the suffering she endured she inflicted such wounds upon herself that she bled to death; but his lordship, in sentencing the prisoner, said he entirely disbelieved the statement of the prisoner, and remarked that the crime of which the jury had found him guilty was one on the very verge of murder.” --00--