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Transportation
Joseph Lowe was transported on the Bangalore, departing 11th Apr 1848 and arriving 14th Jul 1848 with 205 passengers.
Built 1843 at Jersey. Wood barque of 877 Tons.
Bangalore (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 294. -0- 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. |
| 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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BERMUDA – FIRST MUSTER 1846, September quarter: On Bermuda, aboard the Coromandel hulk -- #1711, Joseph Lowe, 29, desertion, etc. (3 charges), court martial Kingston, Jamaica, 15 March 1844, 10 years; surgeon’s report “good” health, behaviour “good” (England, Criminal Lunatic Asylum Registers, 1820-1876; Quarterly Returns of Prisoners in Hulks; 1846; September; at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/9163/images/ho8_089_00088). --0--
CONVICT LIFE ON BERMUDA From The Pilot, 3 July, 1848, p4, at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001301/18480703/045/0004 “THE BERMUDAS: ... the following account of the convict establishments in those islands, furnished by a correspondent, will doubtless prove acceptable to our readers. There is one on the principal island, called St. George’s, and another 21 miles further up the harbour... called Ireland’s Island. The treatment at each is precisely the same, rations ditto, with this difference in the employment; those going out in working parties from the ship at St. George’s have with them a file of men, termed a convict guard; at Ireland Island, although there are military on the island, they never do duty over the convicts. It is thought the chances of escape are greater from St. George’s, although there never has been an instance in which men have succeeded in reaching any other island; in fact, they have but few records of attempts to escape. The rations, which are served out twice day are as follows:—ln the morning a pint of cocoa with, on four days in the week, one pound of good biscuit; and on the other three days, one pound and a quarter of white bread per day; boiled pork, with pea soup, serves for dinner four days per week, and twelve ounces of fresh beef on the other three. Nothing is given from the ship after the mid-day meal, with the exception of the grog, which is given twice every day—it consists of half a gill of rum to three half gills of water. The government have caused very great alterations to be made in the various establishments, as there have been many men who have saved, while out there, sums varying from 50l. [50 pounds] to 70l., and, in several cases, to a larger sum, as 300l. and 400l. They were some ten years since allowed work at any occupation fancy dictated to them; this was in addition to their daily labour, and some of that could at times be done by proxy. Some of the labour being task-work, a man could finish his task when it pleased him, and would then do that of another; but after the general labour of the day was over, they were to be seen plying different crafts, many of them as happy (except when there was any stir, such as a ship coming out to take some home) as though they had been free; gold and silver smiths, or working jewellers, watchmakers, shoemakers, tailors, hat makers, brush makers, hair-workers, &c. &c. There were also a good many who got up various ornaments, which they termed specimens manufactured from a very beautiful stone, found on the island; also from the white choral [sic] which is found here. A pair of guns, manufactured from the stone mentioned above, and gold-mounted, have frequently been sold for four pounds and through so many men becoming thus employed, it opened another field for others to wait upon them; in washing for them, cooking, &c., &c , each man being required to wear two clean suits of clothes per week, consisting of shirt, frock, and trousers, and there were many who wore flannels; all this brought grist to the mill in some way or other. Others there were, who carried on a large business as general dealers, supplying the others with butter, coffee, cheese, sugar, &c; as we have said before, there being no meal allowed after the one at mid-day, the men have to provide for themselves. Here might be seen one fellow with two large kettles filled with coffee, each one holding not less than eight or ten gallons, which they could afford to retail at one penny per quart. On Ireland’s Island is the hospital, and a very nice building it is, both as regards its construction and its accommodation for the sick. It is for the reception of seamen, or for convicts; but the treatment, diet, &c , is the same; there are different wards for them, but the convict is as much at liberty as the sailor—he may at any hour of the day or night go over any part of the hospital or grounds. – Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper.” --0--
BERMUDA 1846, August: Arrived at Bermuda. Bermuda & the penal system: The prisons at Portsmouth, Portland and Chatham in England, Spike Island in Ireland, along with Gibraltar and Bermuda were listed public works stations and the second stage in the penal process. After separate confinement, prisoners were “placed on work parties at various locations, most commonly naval stations, where maintenance of facilities was vital for the effective protection of Britain’s far flung commercial and military influences around the world. While there, attitude and behaviour were monitored closely. In theory, only after consistently positive reports was a prisoner moved on to the third stage of his incarceration—transportation.” (Edgar 2018, p40). --0--
EMBARKATION FOR BERMUDA 1846, 4 July: Sent from Millbank to board the Adelaide convict ship for Bermuda (https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61805/images/ho24_003_00096). The Adelaide sailed from Deal on 13 July. --00--
PRISON 1846, 22 April: Admitted to Millbank Prison, London – inmate #9027, 29 single, literate, painter and soldier 60th Foot; court martial Kingston, Jamaica, 15 March 1844, desertion and theft, ten years; twice tried by Garrison Courts Martial (UK, Criminal Records, 1780-1871; Prison Registers and Statistical Returns; 1846-1847; HO 24/3, Millbank, at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61805/images/ho24_003_00096). --0--
RETURN TO ENGLAND 1846, nd: Joseph Lowe was sent per the Atholl from the West Indies to England. A Navy frigate, launched in 1820 (also called the Athol), and an armed troopship, the Atholl had arrived at Port Royal, Jamaica, on February 8 “from Barbadoes where she had transferred the troops affected with small-pox intended for that island, to a separate vessel” (The Elgin Courant, 3 April, p4 at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000454/18460403/031/0004). 1846, 4 April: The Atholl troop ship arrived at Spithead “from the West Indies, on Saturday night [April 4]. She has brought home a few invalids and some old stores” (Morning Herald, 6 April, p6 at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002408/18460406/039/0006). --00--
Re MARRIAGE 1851, 29 July: Convicts Joseph Lowe (per Bangalore, 1848) and Catherine Macdonald (per Tory, 1848) were granted permission to marry (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-3p101). -- However, there is no record in the Tasmanian archives of the marriage having occurred. --000-- BACK TO THE BEGINNING COURT MARTIAL 1844, 15 March: Private Joseph Lowe, 60th Regiment of Foot, court martial, Kingston, Jamaica, “desertion, mutinous conduct & losing necessaries”; convicted and sentenced to 10 years’ transportation (Judge Advocate General's Office: general courts martial registers, abroad; 1829-50; at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1693571588/view, image 82). The 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot was re-named for King William IV in 1830. An infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, it was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War (1756-63) in North America known in the United States as 'The French and Indian War'. Subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire (Foot was the contemporary term for infantry) (https://en.wikipedia.org/). --00--
Family Name (1) Given Names (1) Ship or Free (1) Family Name (2) Given Names (2) Ship or Free (2) Date CON Ref(s) RGD Ref(s) LOWE Joseph Bangalore MACDONALD Catherine Tory 29 JUL 1851 CON52/1/3 p280 http://digital.statelibrary.tas.gov.au:1801/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=CON52-1-3.xml&dvs=1356340839650~352&locale=en_US&search;_terms=&adjacency;=&VIEWER;_URL=/view/action/nmets.do?&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=8&usePid1=true&usePid2=true
I believe his convict #5209 was "married"to Elzabeth Hayward (snr) on Norfolk Island. Can anyone confirm this? (I use the term married in inverted " commas because as was the general practice of the time the man approached the woman with a blanket and tossed at her feet, and she picked it up the proposal was accepted!