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Transportation
Charles Thorpe was transported on the Coromandel And Experiment, departing 31st Oct 1803 and arriving 7th May 1804 with 338 passengers.
Coromandel And Experiment (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 361 (180) |
| 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
The assizes for Yorkshire, closed at the Crown end, where Sir Alan Chambre tried the following prisoners, viz. ... and Charles Thorpe, for stealing a calf, all severally received sentence of death — ... Lancaster Gazette, 14 Aug 1802
Colonial Secretary Index. THORPE, Charles. Per "Coromandel", 1804 1808-9 - Received an absolute pardon from Lieutenant Governor Foveaux (Reel 6001; SZ760 p.133b) 1810 Oct - Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3168; 4/1847 p.222)
Lieutenant Governor FOVEAUX has been pleased to grant a Free Pardon, and a further Reward of Ten Pounds sterling, to Charles Thorpe, a prisoner under sentence of transportation for 14 years, by whose information the still was found and seized in Martin Mason's house. By Command of His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, JAMES FINUCANE, Secretary, Headquarters, Sydney, October 13, 1808. Sydney Gazette, 16 Oct 1808.
In the colony, Charles probably had a de-facto relationship with Ann Wildgrass (Convict, Indispensible, 1809). Ann had marriedarried James Whalan (Came Free as Immigrant, Minorca, 1801). They married July 27th 1810 at St Philips, Sydney. James Whalan died in 1825 and it is difficult to ascertain if he and Ann where still together at that time. She was then with James Fitzpatrick (no details). However, all the children were baptised with the surname Whalan. Fitzpatrick also died before the 1828 Census and she is there recorded as a housekeeper for Charles Thorpe. By 1828 Anne’s husband James had died and her children were (on the day of the census) living in the house of John Watson, her brother in law. She was living in the household of Charles Thorpe (it is unclear whether she was his wife or merely his housekeeper or a combination of both) at Botany. [Ref W0042] Wailing, Mary 15, born in colony at Jn Watson. [Ref W0043] Wailing, James 13, born in colony at Jn Watson. [Ref W0044] Wailing, Richard 9, born in colony at Jn Watson. [Ref T0641] Charles Thorpe was aged 50 and by then had received an absolute pardon. He was a butcher who had arrived aboard the ship ‘Coromandel’ in 1804 having received a 14 year sentence.