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Transportation
Patrick Mcdonald was transported on the Frances, departing 1st Oct 1859 and arriving 19th Nov 1859 with 1 passengers.
Frances ex Iris, a US whaler wrecked at WA 1855, then salvaged and rebuilt, made her first voyage as Frances to Adelaide in 1856 with 150 passengers. Re-registered at Fremantle in 1859 by new owner Wallace Bickley, she carried horses, coal, minerals, timber etc from WA to India, and passengers both ways (including one convict to WA). The barque was put up for sale at Madras in mid-1866.
Frances (generic)References
| Primary Source | Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930 for Patrick McDonald; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8) |
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Convict Notes
FOOTNOTE: With several conflicting dates of birth given on official documents, the year 1808 from his Fremantle jail records has been adopted until more information comes to hand. Day and month are not known, so 01/01 have been entered in the interim. --000--
FREMANTLE JAIL RECORD: MCDONALD, Patrick; inmate #5570, arrived 19 Aug 1859 per Francis [sic] Alias: MCDONNELL Date of Birth: 1808 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Labourer, soldier Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Rangoon Crime: Unnatural crime Sentence Period: 14 years Ticket of Leave Date: 15 May 1862 Conditional Pardon Date: 13 Apr 1865 Comments: Labourer, shepherd, general servant (https://fremantleprison.com.au/history-heritage/research/convict-database/). --00--
OTHER: On arrival, he was described as 5’9” tall, with dark brown hair, hazel eyes, thin visage, fair complexion and slight appearance; marks – figure of female left arm; scar from musket ball right cheek; blind right eye (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930 for Patrick McDonald; Convict Department, Registers; General Register for Nos 8127-8190, 5497-5894 (R3-R4)). --00--
1859, 19 November: On arrival, Patrick McDonald, convict #5570, was listed as 35 years old (born 1824), single, literate, Roman Catholic, labourer; sentenced by court martial, Rangoon, to 14 years for an unnatural crime (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930 for Patrick McDonald; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8)). --00--
BARQUE FRANCES ARRIVES IN WA: From -- The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth), 23 November, 1859, p2: Shipping Intelligence “ARRIVED... Nov, 12 — Barque Frances, 271 tons, George Danford, master, from Madras. Passengers — Mr W[allace] Bickley, Messrs. W. H. Mulve, J. Head, P. Kelly, H. Kearning, M. Shea, J. Lynch, J. Thomas, W. Hurkun, L. Deholme, M. Hopkins, E. Egan, A. Mahoney, and 1 European Convict [Patrick McDonald]...” (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66008880) Note: Information about FRANCES ex IRIS, the US whaler that’s believed to have been whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the 1820s and 1830s, then fishing the Indian Ocean in the 1840s and 1850s before being wrecked and written off at Port Gregory in 1855, is from https://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/iris. --00--
COURT MARTIAL: 1859, 1 February: Soldier Patrick McDonald (alias McDonnell) – regiment and rank not provided – was Court martialled at Rangoon, Burma, convicted and sentenced to 14 years’ transportation for an “unnatural crime”; he had been court martialled previously. At some time after his conviction, he was sent to Madras, India, to await transportation. He would be sent to WA on the barque Frances, as the sole convict passenger. --00--