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Transportation
Charles Sims was transported on the Stag, departing 2nd Feb 1855 and arriving 23rd May 1855 with 225 passengers.
Built in Sunderland in 1842. 678 ton barque. Voyage from England to Western Australia in 1855. 225 convicts and 30 pensioner guards and their families.
Stag (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 101 (52) |
| 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
NOTE: Year of birth is known but not the day and month -- entered here as 01/01 because the database won't just accept a year. --00--
From the Greenough Museum web site at https://greenoughmuseum.org.au/convict-notes/ "A farm labourer in Britain, Charles Sims (and five others) were convicted of 'firing a barn and shed' in 1853. Considered one of the ringleaders, he was sentenced to 15 years and was transported. By 1866 he’d started a family and found work in Greenough (on local farms, if you can believe anyone trusted him with their sheds). Born in Berkshire in 1832, Sims commenced his working life as a farm labourer. Disgruntled with working conditions he and five other men set fire to a barn and shed, the property of Mr. Williams. The men were brought before the Reading Assizes on 28 February 1853 and as Sims was found to be the ring-leader he was sentenced to be transported for 15 years. It was noted that he was illiterate. Sims arrived in Fremantle aboard the Stag on 23 May 1855. He is described as being 5ft 7¼ins, light hair, blue eyes, long visage, fair complexion and of slight build. A joint of the first finger of his left hand was broken and he had a mole on his left cheek. Sims received his Ticket of Leave on 23 February 1857 and his Conditional Pardon on 21 April 1860. Meanwhile Charles had married Elizabeth Duggan in Perth on 28 April, 1858. The couple had four children, and all were born at Greenough: Thomas (b.1859); John (b.1860); Anne (b.1863) and Charles (b.1864). By 1866 Sims had found work in this district as a teamster, and from the early 1870s he was a tenant farmer for Hamersley & Co at Well Station (to the east of Walkaway). Sims died at Greenough on 9 March 1896, and his passing warranted a brief mention in the Geraldton Express. Sims is buried in an unmarked grave at a Roman Catholic cemetery at Greenough. There are another 15 notes from Sims in the Archives."