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Daniel Stewart 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 256. --0-- https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/ |
| 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
From his FREMANTLE jail record: STEWART, Daniel -- inmate #9884, arrived 10 Jan 1868 per Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1817 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Seaman Literacy: Illiterate Sentence Place: Glasgow Crime: Murder [Culpable homicide] Sentence Period: 21 years Ticket Leave Date: 4 Sep 1876 Certificate of Freedom Date: 3 Sep 1886 Comments: Boatman, labourer, stone breaker, clearer, general servant (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
IN WA: January, 1868: On arrival in WA, Daniel Stewart was listed as convict #9884, seaman, 47 years old when tried, single, 5'5" tall, black hair, grey eyes, dark complexion; marks -- pockmarked, mole above left eye, large toe right foot off at joint (http://www.perthdps.com/). --00--
NEWSPAPER reports of his trial in 1864: "CHARGE OF MURDER AT GREENOCK. Daniel Stewart was then placed at the bar, and charged with having, on Tuesday, 22nd November, in Dalrymple Street, Greenock, attacked and assaulted Robert Williams, seaman, with a knife, stabbing him in the left side or abdomen, whereby he was mortally injured, and in consequence died on or about the 24th November, and was thus murdered by the panel. --The prisoner pled culpable homicide, and was sentenced to penal servitude for twenty-one years" (Compiled from Thursday 29 December 1864, Dundee Courier, pp2-3; and Thursday 29 December 1864, Dundee Advertiser, p2). --00--
“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 [only two were on the Hougoumont – Thomas Berwick and Lionel Holdsworth, each sentenced to 20 years for fraud], 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.” (Sydney Morning Herald, 19 Dec 1867, p4, at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271). --00--
27 September, 1867: He was sent to Portsmouth Prison, Hampshire -- inmate #1229 (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Daniel Stewart; Portsmouth Prison, Registers of Prisoners, 1866-1868). After just 9 days, Daniel Stewart was sent on 5 October from Portsmouth to board the Hougoumont for transportation to WA. --0--
4 October, 1866: Daniel Stewart was admitted to Woking Prison [from Dartmoor?]-- inmate #2903, aged 37 (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Daniel Stewart; Woking Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1854-1878). --0--
29 May, 1865: His Millbank Prison record says he was next sent to Woking Prison, Knaphill, Surrey. However, his Woking record says he was admitted there from Dartmoor Prison. Woking was opened April 1859, primarily for invalided male convicts. Between 1862 and 1867 it was responsible for the working party sent to labour for the construction of Broadmoor Criminal Asylum (https://www.prisonhistory.org/). --0--
25 April, 1865: Daniel Stewart was admitted to Millbank Prison, Pimlico, London -- inmate #360, 37 when tried, illiterate, Established Church, no previous convictions. Family -- parents in America, 86 Centre Street, New York (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Daniel Stewart; Millbank Prison, Register of Prisoners, 1864-1865). --0--
JAILS: 1865: James Stewart was held for 1 month 3 days at Perth Prison, Perthshire. The prison “was at the centre of Perth’s community, located next to the railway line which was built shortly after the remodelling of the prison which took place in 1840-42” (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/article/our-records-brief-history-perth-prison).Perth --0--
TRIAL: JC26/1864 High Court of Justiciary processes 1864 Country code GB Repository code 234 Repository National Records of Scotland Reference JC26/1864/203 Title Trial papers relating to Daniel Stewart for the crime of murder. Tried at High Court, Glasgow Dates 28 Dec 1864 Related record AD14/64/299 Accused: Daniel Stewart, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty in terms of own confession - culpable homicide, Sentence: Penal servitude - 21 years. Note: The Advocate Depute passed from the charge of murder (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/). --00--