Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
George Smith was transported on the Marion, departing 30th Oct 1851 and arriving 30th Jan 1852 with 281 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 274 |
| 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
"George Smith, correct name of George Armstead Smith, is my 2x Great Grandfather."
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Convict Notes
George Smith was born George Armstead Smith 10 Mar 1831 at Newington Causeway, Surrey, England, being the home of his maternal grandparents - George Pitt Armstead and Judith Armstead (nee Goodchild). George was the eldest son of John Smith, Carpenter, and Rebecca Smith (nee Armstead). George was actually a pawnbroker's assistant, but also a skilled carpenter having learnt his father's trade. His maternal grandfather was a glass cutter and later a Victualler. George obtained his TOL in 1853 and permission to marry Mary Flanagan who had arrived on the 'bride ship' the Palestine earlier that year. They lived in or around Bunbury, WA, AUST. They had their first child Emma while living there before leaving WA after George received a conditional pardon in 1857. By 1858, they are living in regional Victoria, AUST. George and Mary have nine more children but interestingly falsify their birth records by stating that Mary and George were married in South Australia, not Western Australia (likely to eradicate connections to a convict past.) By 1864 George has changed his name to Henry George Armstead BROWN and changed his trade from Carpenter (after becoming insolvent) to School Teacher. The family are on the move throughout Victoria to small teaching positions. George, now HGA Brown, later becomes an Inspector of Public Works before retiring. His wife Mary dies in 1898. HGA Brown is tragically killed in an accident in 1904 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic while visiting his daughter.