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Daniel Marsh 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 239 (122). --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. 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 |
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Convict Notes
DIVERSIFYING INTO HEARSES: 1887, 23 July: “Mr. Daniel Marsh, the enterprising proprietor of the well-known Geraldton Foundry and Carriage Works, has recently turned out of his workshops two handsome hearses, which are in the highest style of funeral art. The first one, which we will style ‘A’, is thoroughly worthy to convey to their last resting place the mortal remains of our noblest and our best, and it would be some consolation to a man on his death bed to know that that portion of himself which he left behind him would be conveyed to the cemetery in such a handsome vehicle. The second hearse ‘B’, by the side of its aristocratic companion looks modest and unassuming, but at the same time it is a decidedly convenient and comfortable conveyance. It is a vast improvement certainly on the rickety old buggies in which, in days past, tbe bones of our friends and relations were rattled over the stones. Speaking quite seriously, as it behoves us to do on such a subject, Mr. Marsh deserves great praise for his enterprise, although we cannot express the wish that with our present population his hearses will be in constant use. We, nevertheless, trust that our population will rapidly increase, and thus lead, in the natural course of events, to an increase in the mortality of the town, such as will give the fullest employment to the subjects of our remarks.” (Victorian Express, p5 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212629731) --0--
BACK IN WA: 1886, 2 October: “The Geraldton Foundry. THE first-class tradesmen recently engaged by me in England have now arrived. On and after the 16th instant I will therefore be able to accept orders and promptly execute them for Troughmaking, Tinsmithing, Moulding, Turning, and other general work at lowest possible prices. DANIEL MARSH. Oct. 2nd.” (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214599614) --0--
WHILE HE WAS AWAY: 1886, 9 January: “THE GERALDTON IRON FOUNDRY. NOTICE. ALL information respecting work at the shop of Mr. DANIEL MARSH may be obtained by applying to SAMUEL SCOTT, Foreman. Jan. 9, 1886.” (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/213979959) --0--
LEAVES WA: 1885, 23 December: Daniel Marsh, expiree, late reg. no. 9820, sailed on the SS Kaiser-I-Hind for London. Described as 43, blacksmith, stout, 5’7¼” tall, light brown hair, grey eyes, round visage, fair complexion; marks – house, two trees and C, right arm; scar lower lip (WA Police Gazette, No.1, January 6, 1886, p14, ‘Register of Expirees and Conditional Pardon Holders who have left the Colony’, at https://slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/battye/police_gazettes/188601_m.pdf). --0--
IN COURT: 1884, 19 March: “At the adjourned Geraldton Local Court held yesterday... The next case, Daniel Marsh v. John Prendergast, in which the plaintiff sued the defendant for £42 6s. 6d. for blacksmith's account, and the balance due for a stripping machine, was then called on before the Government Resident and C. Crowther, Esq., J.P. The defendant had paid £1 3s. and proportionate costs into court, in full satisfaction of the plaintiff's claim. This the plaintiff declined to accept. This case lasted the whole day, and was finally adjourned at 5.30 p.m. to the April Geraldton Local Court for judgment.” (Victorian Express, p3 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214094586) --0--
BUSINESS NEWS: 1882, 8 February: “Yesterday, Mr. Daniel Marsh landed from the ‘Ione’ the new Robey engine purchased by him for his iron foundry in this town. It is a splendid piece of work, and has gained numberless medals. It formed one of the chief attractions in the machinery department at the late Exhibition in Perth. After we have seen it mounted and at work we intend to give a full description of this latest addition to our local workshops.” (Victorian Express, 8 February, p2 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/213977074) --0--
WORKPLACE ACCIDENT: 1881, 31 August: “Accident:— A lad named Richard Ward, employed in Mr. Daniel Marsh’s ironfoundry establishment, met with a severe accident last week, from getting his hand in contact with the steam circular saw. One of the fingers was completely severed, and severe injuries to the palm were sustained. We hear he is progressing as well as can be expected.” (Victorian Express, 31 Aug 1881, p3 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212142555). --0--
LIFE AFTER PRISON: 1880, 31 December: For the latter part of his Ticket of Leave time, Daniel Marsh was self-employed as a blacksmith at Geraldton. In August of 1880, he started to advertise his business – The Geraldton Iron Foundry – in the local press, as below, and continued to do so for more than 12 months: “THE GERALDTON IRON FOUNDRY. DANIEL MARSH, BLACKSMITH. WHEEL WEIGHT, BRASS & IRON FOUNDER, GERALDTON. IN offering his services to the public, begs to inform them that he has, at great expense, imported FIRST-CLASS MACHINERY for the manufacture of Agricultural Instruments, Wool Screws, either in the old or improved style of eccentric nut, also for Blacksmithing and Shoeing. D. M. has the largest and best self-acting lathe in the colony for turning, boring, and surfacing, and has always a first-class assortment of well-seasoned timber on hand, so that customers can make sure of a thorough good article being supplied. Every description of necessary castings on hand for agricultural instruments. Orders punctually attended to, and executed with despatch. An early inspection solicited. D.M., while thanking his patrons, and the public generally, for past support, begs to assure them that he will always, as hitherto, turn out nothing but first-class articles, and that he intends further enlarging his premises for the greater facility of meeting the requirements of the district. N.B. — Bona fide orders on the Stores will be taken at Cash Value. 24.8.81.” (Victorian Express (Geraldton), 25 August, 1880, p 2 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212142431) --0--
MARRIAGE: 1876, 3 March: Daniel Marsh married Louisa Thomas at Fremantle; registration no. 4076; registered 1876 (WA Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages at https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice). What became of his first wife, Sarah Fletcher, who he married in 1861, and who was living at Belper when he was transported (according to his WA Convict record)? Family researcher records show they had four children between 1878 and 1885. How? --00--
FREMANTLE JAIL RECORD: MARSH, Daniel; inmate #9820, arrived 10 Jan 1868 per Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1842 Place of Death: Geraldton Marital Status: Married Occupation: Horsenail maker Literacy: Illiterate Sentence Place: Derby Crime: Manslaughter Sentence Period: 15 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 28 Jan 1874 Certificate of Freedom Date: 30 Jan 1882 Comments: General servant, self-employed, 1875-1878, 1880, smith. To England, 23 Dec 1885, returned to Western Australia, 31 May 1886 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/history-heritage/research/convict-database/). --0--