Joseph Whiffin

Summary

Born
Jan 1811
Conviction
Larceny from a person (including picking pockets)
Departure
Nov 1832
Arrival
Mar 1833
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Joseph Whiffin
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1811
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: Surrey Quarter Session
Sentence term: Life

Voyage

Departed: 13th Nov 1832
Ship: Andromeda
Arrival: 11th Mar 1833
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Joseph Whiffin was transported on the Andromeda, departing 13th Nov 1832 and arriving 11th Mar 1833 with 188 passengers.

Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.

AndromedaAndromeda (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 458
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 346
on 24th January 2026

Return of All Male Convicts Assigned and Transferred in the Month of March, 1833. 1051. Whiffin Joseph, Andromeda, stable boy, to George Bloodsworth, Lane Cove. NSW Govt Gazette, 5 June 1833.

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 346
on 24th January 2026

National Archives. HO-9-9_5 page 18/52. York Hulk Records, Portsmouth. Received: Horsemonger Lane, 21 July 1832. Jos. Whiffin, age 21, Stg from the person, Tried Newington, 9? July 1832, Life, NSW, 8 Nov 1832. --------------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Joseph Whiffin, per Andromeda, 1833, Ticket of Leave, No 41/1028. District, Wollongong; Tried Surrey Q. S. Joseph Whiffin, per Andromeda, 1833, Conditional Pardon, 30 July 1847. No 47/0857; TL 37/177.