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James Samuel Taylor 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 286 |
| 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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https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1434130991/view
This man has been confused with James Taylor that was sent out on the Sea Park.
Wrong James Taylor the correct story, but was James Taylor b1828 and arrived on Sea Park
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-813190185 Married with 2 Children, not 5 as listed on DPS Convict Site. Does not appear to be the James Taylor that was murdered in 1878, as that man was aged 50 at time of death http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-813190185
First name(s) James Last name Taylor Age 40 Birth year 1810 Occupation Soldier Year 1850 Date 26 Jan 1850 Crime Desertion Sentence duration 10 Place Pentonville Court Montreal County - Source Millbank Prison Registers: Male Prisoners. Volume 5 Series HO24 Piece number 5 Record set England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935 Category Institutions & organisations Subcategory Prison Registers Collections from Great Britain, UK None
First name(s) James Last name Taylor Age 40 Birth year 1810 Occupation Soldier fisherman Year 1850 Date 26 Jan 1850 Crime Desertion Sentence duration 10 Place - Court Montreal County - Source Pentonville Prison Registers. Volume 1 Series HO24 Piece number 16 Record set England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935 Category Institutions & organisations Subcategory Prison Registers Collections from Great Britain, UK None
James Taylor was the son of Samuel. He was 5’8 ¼” tall, dark hair, blue eyes, sallow complexion, stout, 2 scars on right leg, 1 scar of left leg and 1 scar on forehead. James was married and had 5 children. 23/5/1853: TOL 7/2/1857: CP Worked as a miller. 30/4/1855: Married Elizabeth Weldon – Elizabeth emigrated to Western Australia per ‘Esmeralda’ in 1852. She was born in Dublin and her father was William Weldon, a painter. Elizabeth died in 1882. 11/12/1878 The Enquirer and Commercial News, Western Australia: Shocking Murder at the VictoriaPlains. — On the evening of the 5th inst.t he following particulars of a son shooting his father were reported to police constable Troy, the officer in charge of the Victoria Plains station. Five persons — named Patrick Golding, James Dhu, William Jones, George Taylor, and his son George —wore partaking of some rum they had procured from Perth. Subsequently an altercation took, place between Taylor and his son, who, inflamed with drink, it is supposed, became rather argumentative and then obstreperous. Upon his father, who was a servant in the employ of Messrs J. & J. Clune & Co., remonstrating with him as to his behaviour, the young man seized hold of and levelled a loaded rifle at him, and firing, lodged the contents in his father's breast, smashing the first rib and shattering the right lung, the charge ultimately lodging in the back bone and the muscles of the right shoulder. Death was almost instantaneous. The rifle was loaded with shot, but as the distance was so short the wound was as well defined as if made by a ball. An inquest was held upon the body by Mr. R. Fairbairn, acting coroner, and a verdict of wilful murder against the lad was recorded. The unhappy young man is now in the custody of the police, awaiting his trial. 7/1/1879 The Enquirer and Commercial News, Western Australia: A shortened excerpt of the story: A SON CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS FATHER. GEORGE TAYLOR, a sedate, inoffensive-looking young man, apparently about twenty years of age, was charged with the wilful murder of his father, at Victoria Plains, on the 5th December last. One of the features of the case would be that the parties concerned were drinking together, and were under the influence of liquor when the fatal shot, was fired. There was no allegation on the part of the prosecution that there was anything like expressed malice in connection with the case ; the prisoner, it appeared, resided with his father on amicable terms, and when he came to his senses and was told what he had done, he was overwhelmed with grief. The jury, after half an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of manslaughter, and the prisoner was sentenced to 12 years' penal servitude.