Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Williams was transported on the Palmerston, departing 8th Nov 1860 and arriving 11th Feb 1861 with 296 passengers.
978 ton ship was built at Moulmein, Burma in 1853. On the voyage from Portland, England to the Swan River Colony, Western Australia in 1860/61 the ship also carried passengers, pensioner guards, wives and children as well as soldiers and 296 convicts.
Palmerston (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 336 (170) |
| 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
Employed as a labourer at Springfield, Capel for four years, from June 1863 to June 1867. Thomas Williams (convict no.5839) had been sentenced in 1859 to ten years for horse stealing. He had arrived on the Palmerston and was given his ticket of leave two years later. He was awarded a conditional pardon in October 1867. I believe this is almost certainly the same Thomas Williams who married Elinor/Eleana/Elena Dilley on 2 March 1867 and settled in Capel, and died 19 February 1921. I believe his birth year was 1837 and not 1827 as indicated in the court and ship records. I remember sighting an image of the court record where the poorly formed '3' in the year was mistaken as a '2'.