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Thomas Swain was transported on the Sea Park, departing 30th Dec 1853 and arriving 5th Apr 1854 with 305 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 47 (25) |
| 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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Thomas Swain was born in Barrowby, Lincolnshire. He was imprisoned at Portland Convict Prison after his sentence was passed in 1850, until the Sea Park departed for WA on 30th December 1853.
Lincolnshire.gov.uk: Convicts Details Thomas SWAIN • Alias:n/a • Of:Eagle • Occupation:n/a • Age:37 • Crime:Slaughtering a sheep, the property of William Walker, with intent to steal the legs and shoulders. • Place of Crime:Barrowby • Court:Kesteven Quarter Sessions • Trial Date:03/01/1850 • Sentence:10 Years • Ship:Sea Park • Destination:Western Australia • Transportation Date:1854 • Sources Used:Minute book • Other Remarks:Thomas Rudd was also accused but was found not guilty. • Document Ref:KQS A/1/39 p288 Thomas Swain was born C1812 at Bishopsgate, Middlesex. He was married with 6 children. Thomas was 5’5 ¾” tall, light brown hair, blue eyes, dark complexion, middling stout, mole on left side of neck and 1 on right arm. 5/4/1854: TOL 10/3/1855: CP Comments: To South Australia per ‘Robert Clive’ 18/11/1855. Then married Annie, but no listing of the date of SA BDM – 4 children listed. From the Encounter Bay Family History Group: Thomas Swain was a gardener in Somerset and arrived in Encounter Bay around 1842, taking up land at Sheoak Hills, in the hinterland of Encounter Bay. His wife, Ann Elizabeth Hickey, arrived aboard the Fitzjames on 31 December 1855. She is listed among about 180 single women most from teenage to late twenties: farm/domestic servants, dairy maids, laundresses. Many were from Ireland. Ann herself is recorded as a domestic servant from Carlow, Ireland. Thomas and Ann married about 1856. – THIS says that Thomas arrived C1842, not so, unless this is another Thomas Swain, then again dates are not often accurate. 26/11/1898 Chronicle, Adelaide: ENCOUNTER BAY, November 18. Mr. Thomas Swain met with a serious accident yesterday. A horse he was driving got into difficulties, and the driver in releasing it was kicked on the head, resulting in a large scalp wound, reaching from the forehead to the top of the head. The sufferer was attended by Dr. O'Leary and is doing well. 12/12/1898 The Advertiser, Adelaide: SWAIN. — On the 4th December, at Encounter Bay, Thomas Swain, in his 87th year. Arrived in the colony 1864. 17/12/1898 Chronicle, Adelaide: SWAIN. — On the 4th December, at Encounter Bay, Thomas Swain, in his 87th year. Arrived in the colony 1854. 4/12/1900 The Advertiser, Adelaide: SWAIN. — In loving memory of my dear husband, Thomas Swain, who died at Encounter Bay, December 4th, 1898. Come unto Me, all ye that labor, and I will give you rest. — lnserted by his loving wife, E. A. Swain. Annie Elizabeth Hickey was born 1822 and died 7/6/1901 at Victor Harbor SA aged 79, although on the SA BDM she died 1902.
?travelled to S.A. In 1854 and settled at Encounter Bay and married Annie Hickey.