Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Francis Philbon was transported on the Neptune, departing 18th Apr 1849 and arriving 5th Apr 1850 with 306 passengers.
NeptuneReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 14 |
| 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
"Francis is my gr gr grandfather. Name has now become "Filbin.""
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Convict Notes
Francis was born in Kilmore, Co Sligo, now Co Mayo. He was convicted on 23-4-1847 at Ballina Qtr Sessions and transported for 10 years for stealing 3 heifers he was sent first to Kilmainham Prison and then on to Smithfield Prison before being sent to Bermuda aboard the "Bangalore". He was then on the Neptune which was originally set for the Cape of Good Hope, however due to anti-convict sentiment, ship eventually sailed for Van Diemen's Land. Francis was given a CP on arrival. 5/1/1853: Recorded as ‘Frances Felbourne’ – Launceston to Melbourne per ‘Clarence’ Free by Servitude. Lived in Bendigo, Victoria, they had at least 5 children born in Victoria. 25/2/1863 Bendigo Advertiser: Municipal police court Thursday, 24th February, 1863 VIOLENT ASSAULT. – John Donelly charged Francis Filbin with a violent assault. It appeared from the statement of Detective Thompson (the prosecutor being too ill to appear) that late the previous night the defendant was in the prosecutor’s house, a refreshment place in View Place. Some disagreement occurred between them, when the defendant caught up a large decanter and struck the prosecutor a blow on the head, inflicting a serious wound, in which a portion of the glass of the broken decanter remained sticking. Dr. Boyd was sent for to dress the wound, which was of a very serious character. Thompson succeeded in arresting the defendant about three o’clock in the morning. He was remanded to Thursday. – No outcome found. 2/11/1875 Bendigo Advertiser: Witnesses at the Inquest of the death of Jane Ann Tate, aged 50 who died on the 30/10/1875. Mary Filbin, residing in Drought-street, deposed that on Friday evening the deceased came to her house apparently in her usual health, and laughed and played with the children. She was quite sober. In about half an hour after she came witness looked at deceased. Her features were working as if she were dying. She could not speak. She did not recover, and they had her removed to the hospital. Francis Filbin, husband of the last witness, gave corroborative evidence. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony.
Francis Philbon/Philbin was married to Mary Mulrooney in 1835 in Castleconnor, Sligo and had 4 children. He re-married in Hobart to another convict, Mary Nowlan (nee Burke) with whom he had more children. The name has now become Filbin.