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William Patmore 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). --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
BEFORE TRANSPORTATION AND AFTER: WHAT BECAME OF WILLIAM PATMORE’S FAMILY IN ENGLAND? 1851, 16 February: MARRIAGE – William Patmore (20) married Susannah Ann White (20, daughter of George White) at Widford, Hertford, England (England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 at https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/29264544:9852). 1851 CENSUS: William Patmore (20) and Susannah A Patmore (20) were living as lodgers at 30 Widford Bridge, Camberwell, Hertfordshire. William, a miller, was born at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England. Susannah was born at Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. 1855, July/Aug/Sep BIRTH: Rosina, daughter of William and Susannah Patmore, was born at Stanstead, Hertfordshire (England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915). 1861 CENSUS: William Patmore (30), Susannah A (29), and Rosina (6) were living at 8 Wellington Terrace, Camberwell Street, Camberwell, St Giles, Surrey, just south of London. William was a grocer’s warehouseman. Their daughter, Rosina, was born at Stanstead, Hertfordshire, England. 1861 BIRTH: Based on her marriage record (1885), Susannah Ann Patmore (called Ann in her father’s WA Convict record, 1868) was born in 1860 or 1861. 1862 BIRTH: Alice Patmore’s birth record hasn’t been located. Given her place as the third of three daughtrers on her father’s WA Convict record, she could have been born around 1862. 1863, 20 March BIRTH: William, son of William and Susannah Anne Patmore, was born (London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923; Southwark, Emmanuel, Camberwell, 1843-1868). 1863, 12 April BAPTISM: William Patmore Jnr was baptised at Camberwell; son of William (a miller) and Susannah Anne; baptism #2365. William Jnr is not mentioned on his father’s WA Convict record in 1868. 1863, Oct/Nov/Dec DEATH: Rosina Patmore died at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire (England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915). Rosina is listed as the first of three daughters on William Patmore’s WA Convict record in 1868. 1874, 30 August CHRISTENING: Alice Patmore, daughter of William and Susannah Anne Patmore, was christened at Harpenden, Hertfordshire. No date of birth given. Alice is listed as his third child on William Patmore’s WA Convict record. 1885, 24 May MARRIAGE: At St Mary’s, Islington, Susannah Ann (called Ann on her father’s WA Convict record in 1868), aged 24, of 17 Hornsey Road, married Evan Jones, 27, a baker of 352 Liverpool Road (London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 for Susannah Ann Patmore, Islington, Saint Mary, Islington: Upper Street; 1881-1887). --0-- There are several death records for Susannah Patmore but it's not clear from the few details given in search results which one belongs to Susannah Ann/e White Patmore. --00--
NOTE: Years of Birth and Death are 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. --00--
1903, 20 November: AUCTION: “VALUABLE FARM PROPERTY, 500 MIXED SHEEP, 6 HORSES, and 6,000 ACRES Excellent SHEEP RUN. At BUNBURY, On SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1903, at my Yards, at 3 p.m, sharp. W. B. MITCHELL is favored with instructions from Mr George Hayward (Executor of the Estate of the late W. Patmore) to Sell by Public Auction as above — About 600 Mixed Sheep, 3 Medium Draught Horses, 3 Light Draught Horses. The Sheep will be sold in lots to suit buyers, say from 50 to 150 first pick and so on, and hurdles with facilities for drafting provided. Terms at Sale will be Liberal. The Farm Property consists of C. P. blocks 48 | 564, of 26 acres, and 48—1296, of 145 acres, fenced, sub-divided, and chiefly ringbarked; 20 acres cleared, including a potato swamp of about 5 acres, and more valuable swamp land is on the estate. The pastoral Leases contain 6,500 acres. For all further particulars apply to Messrs STANLEY, MONEY, and WALKER, Solicitors, or W. B. MITCHELL, Auctioneer. Note. — The Farm Property and Pastoral Leases will be offered in the Commercial Room at the Prince of Wales Hotel, at 5 p.m. sharp.” (Bunbury Herald, 20 Nov 1903, p3 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87090828) --00--
PROBATE: “Probates and Administrations.-The following probates and administrations were issued from the Supreme Court during the past week:--Probates ... William Patmore, late of Minninup, farmer, to George Henry Hayward, £950...” (The West Australian (Perth), 30 Oct 1903, p4 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24836759) --00--
DEATH: Patmore, William; male, aged 74, died at Bunbury, 1903; registration number 2907; year of registration 1903 (WA Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages at https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice). --00--
WITNESS: 1893, 12 December: William Patmore was a witness in a case tried at the Bunbury Local Court where Henry Flynn (plaintiff) claimed he was owed wages by Thomas Walsh (defendant). The court found in Flynn’s favour, with costs (Southern Times (Bunbury), 14 Dec 1893, p3 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/157518765) --0--
BACK IN COURT: 1893, 13 March: Bunbury Police Court – Patmore v. O’Neil “BUNBURY POLICE COURT. (Before Mr. W. H. Timperley, S.M.) March 13. Mr. Wm. Patmore of Minninup summoned Owen O'Neil for wrongfully impounding two of his horses on the 24th of January. Mr. Stanley appeared for the plaintiff. William Patmore, the plaintiff, on oath, said: I reside at Minninup. I am the holder of a pastoral lease there and have paid the rent on the lease to the Crown. The defendant bought a block of land on my run. His block is not fenced. I have horses and sheep on my run. I recollect the12th of January last. I went to Mr. O'Neil's on that day. I found one of my horses shut up in his stockyard. I did not see the defendant but his wife. I asked her if she knew anything about my other horse. She said her husband had got it. He had gone across the swamp to see what bells were on the other side of the swamp. I asked her what Mr. O'Neil was doing with riding my horse. She told me her husband would most likely go to Rose's to see if there were any letters. I told her to tell her husband to bring my horse home as soon as possible for I wanted it. I saw a horse's bell which I recognised as having been on a horse I was looking for in the stockyard. O'Neil brought my horse home the same day. The bell was not on the horse. He was riding the horse when he brought it back. I sent for my bell afterwards and had it brought back. The horse was very thin that I saw shut up in the stockyard. He had nothing to eat in the stockyard. I didn't see him bring the horse home myself but I know he took it home because I met him the same day and he told me he took it home. He offered no explanation for using my horse. Cross-examined by Mr. O'Neil. Twelve months ago I lent you the horses but I told you afterwards never to use them again. It is fully 8 months since I told you not to use them. You had my horses 8 months ago and not with my permission then. A week or two before this happened I lent you the horse I was riding to go after your own horse. Re-examined by Mr. Stanley.— About 12 months ago I lent O'Neil my horses to do his ploughing and he used them for 6 months with my permission. I have only on one occasion lent him a horse since then and that was the pony I was riding. This concluded the case for the plaintiff. Owen O'Neil, on oath, in defence, said: When I rode his horse on the day mentioned I had Patmore's permission. At that time of the year the horses have to come to my place for water. They were in the habit of being watered there. I put them in my 20 acre paddock. I went down to Patmore's during the week. He was not at home himself but his servant told me to keep them as they were at my place as there was no grass at his place. Patmore came home on Saturday. I put the horses in the yard on that particular day to take them home to him. In the meantime he came to my place. I rode one of his horses a short way from home to look for some bells. Patmore lives 3 miles from my place. When I came back Patinore had just gone, he had taken the horse that was in the stockyard. I followed hiui home with the other one. I swear that he gave me permission to ride his horses. Cross-examined. — I have not impounded them since that date. There is a one wire fence round my paddock. His Worship said that the defendant having admitted the charge, he gave his decision in favour of the plaintiff with costs.” (Southern Times (Bunbury), 15 March 1893, p1 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/167581764) --0--
COLONIAL TRIAL: 1883, 4 September: William Patmore, case 1429, expiree 9847, was tried at Bunbury and found not guilty of sheep stealing (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930 for William Patmore; Convict Establishment, Miscellaneous, Record of Court Cases, 1861 - 1914 (V23)). --0--
COLONIAL CHARGE: 1883, 24 August: “Last Saturday [18 August]- a man named William Patmore was charged at the Bunbury Police Court with having, some time during last May, stolen twelve sheep, ‘more or less’, the property of Mr. Walter Clifton, of Wokalup. Patmore was committed for trial, but was admitted to bail in two sureties of £50 each, and his own of £100.” (The Daily News (Perth), 24 Aug 1883, p3 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/78849055). Note: There are no further newspaper reports of the outcome of this case. --0--
FREMANTLE JAIL RECORD: PATMORE, William; inmate #9847, arrived 10 Jan 1868 per Hougoumont Alias: PALMORE Date of Birth: 1829 Marital Status: Married 3 children Occupation: Corn miller Literacy: Literate Crime: Receiving stolen goods Sentence Period: 14 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 8 Apr 1873 Certificate of Freedom Date: 2 Oct 1880 Comments: Conditional Release 1876. General servant (https://fremantleprison.com.au) --0--