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George Young was transported on the Hougoumont, departing 10th Oct 1867 and arriving 9th Jan 1868 with 281 passengers.
875 ton ship was built at Moulmein in 1852. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/on-this-day-in-history-australias-last-convict-ship-docks.htm ---------------------------- Incorrect Image ....This is a four masted steel hulled Barque in the drawing , im surprised Australian Geo didn't do a bit more research on this .......The Hougoumont was a works ship on the Forth Bridge Project in 1885 ....the one potrayed as a drawing in Aust Geo is the later version of this ship.....the photograph i have attached is the correct and original convict vessel. --00-- 1867 "The hired convict ship Hougoumont, which has been taken up by the Government for the conveyance of a numerous party of convicts to Freemantle, Western Australia, left the Nore on October 1, and proceeded down Channel, after receiving on board 150 convicts from the establishments at Chatham and Millbank. The convicts from the Chatham establishment, at St. Mary's, embarked from the dockyard on board the paddle-wheel steamer Adder, Mr. W. J. Blakely, and were in charge of a numerous party of convict guards and wardens, all heavily armed. Among the convicts shipped were a party of fifteen Fenians, who were engaged in the late conspiracy in Ireland, together with the officers and crew convicted of scuttling the ship Severn, and some others who have achieved notoriety from their crimes. The Fenian convicts, like the remainder of the prisoners, were chained together in gangs, but it was observed that they were kept apart from the other convicts in a portion of the vessel by themselves. The steamer Petrel also took down a number of convicts from the establishment at Millbank for shipment on board the Hougoumont, in charge of a strong escort and convict guard. On Tuesday, October 8th, the Hougoumont arrived in Portland roads. Shortly before midday ninety convicts were marched down to the Government pier at Portland under a strong escort of the 12th Light Infantry. The party included twenty-three Fenian convicts, among whom it was said, was Moriarty. The Government steamer employed in the breakwater service was used for conveying the convicts on board the Hougoumont transport ship. The convicts were chained together on embarking, and on board the steamer a strong guard of marines from her Majesty's ship St. George was formed, and saw the convicts safely placed on board the Hougoumont. The Governor of the penal settlement at Freemantle, Captain Young, is on board the Hougoumont, and returns in that ship to his sphere of duty after paying a visit to his native land." Source: Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 19 Dec 1867, p4, English Shipping, available on Trove at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271?searchTerm=hougoumont.
HougoumontReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/19, Page Number 253 (129). --0-- Edgar, W. (Bill) (2018), “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” The Great Circle, 40(1), 20–43. --0-- UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for George Young; Pentonville Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1864-1866 |
| 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
IN WA: From his Fremantle jail record: YOUNG, George; inmate 9922, arrived 10 Jan 1868 per Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1834 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Labourer Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Worcester Crime: Burglary Sentence Period: 10 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket Leave Date: 23 Jun 1871 Certificate of Freedom Date: 9 Mar 1876 Comments: Conditional Release 1873. General servant, labourer (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
8 October, 1867: He was sent from Portland to board the Hougoumont for transportation to WA. “The hired convict ship Hougoumont, which has been taken up by the Government for the conveyance of a numerous party of convicts to Freemantle, Western Australia, left the Nore [an anchoring-ground in the estuary of the Thames, 3 miles n-e of Sheerness] on October 1, and proceeded down Channel, after receiving on board 150 convicts from the establishments at Chatham and Millbank… On Tuesday, October 8th, the Hougoumont arrived in Portland roads. Shortly before midday ninety convicts were marched down to the Government pier at Portland under a strong escort of the 12th Light Infantry…. The Government steamer employed in the breakwater service was used for conveying the convicts on board the Hougoumont transport ship. The convicts were chained together on embarking, and on board the steamer a strong guard of marines from her Majesty’s ship St. George was formed, and saw the convicts safely placed on board the Hougoumont.” (Sydney Morning Herald, 19 December, 1867, p4, on Trove at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271). —00—
January, 1867: Portland, Portsmouth, Chatham and Spike Island in Ireland were listed public works stations and the second stage in the penal process. After separate confinement, prisoners were “placed on work parties at various locations, most commonly naval stations, where maintenance of facilities was vital for the effective protection of Britain’s far flung commercial and military influences around the world. While there, attitude and behaviour were monitored closely. In theory, only after consistently positive reports was a prisoner moved on to the third stage of his incarceration — transportation.” (Edgar, p40) --00--
JAIL: 26 March, 1866: George Young, inmate #3541, labourer, widower, semi-literate, Church of England, was received at Pentonville prison, Caledonian Road, London, from Worcester County jail. In 1849 Pentonville became, like Millbank (also in London), a place for all male convicts to serve their probationary term (of 9 months), after which they would be transported or sent to a public works prison (https://www.prisonhistory.org/prison/pentonville-prison-2/). George Young was listed as 30 years old; family -- father Joseph Young, labourer, Longcompton, Warwickshire. By this time he had served 21 days in separate confinement. His conduct at Pentonville was described as "good". He was sent from Pentonville to Portland prison, Grove Road, Dorset, on 4 January, 1867 (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for George Young; Pentonville Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1864-1866). --0--
"Charge of Burglary at Darlingscott. George Young, Mary Morrison, and Matthew Logan, were charged, the two former with having burglariously entered the dwelling-house at Darlingscott ..." (Saturday 10 March 1866, Worcester Journal, p9). -- "George Young, 30, was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude, and Mary Morrison, 37, to twelve calendar months, for breaking and entering ..." (Saturday 10 March 1866, Aris's Birmingham Gazette, p7).
"Burglary at Darlingscott.— George Young, 30, labourer, and Mary Morrison, 37, tailoress, were charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Joseph Power, the 14th of January last, and stealing therefrom two pairs of boots and a hat, his property; and also stealing two pairs of boots, a hat, a coat, a woollen shawl, and several other articles, the property William Howe. — The prisoner Morrison pleaded guilty. — Matthew Logan, 40, clothes dealer, was charged with receiving the same, well knowing them to be stolen. — Mr. Streeton prosecuted, and the two prisoners were undefended. — From the evidence adduced it appeared that Power lived at cottage Darlingscott, and the night in question he went to bed after locking up his house, leaving every thing safe. On the following morning the house was found to have been broken into, and the articles taken away. The 15th of January, the female prisoner offered the articles for sale at Logan’s, who was a clothes dealer in Birmingham. From a letter which was written by the male prisoner to Logan, these circumstances came to the knowledge of the police, and the three prisoners were apprehended. On the day prior to the robbery the male prisoner Young was seen in company with Morrison in the neighbourhood where the robbery was committed. — The prisoner Young was found guilty by the jury, and Logan was acquitted. — The Judge sentenced Young, who had been previously convicted, to ten years’ penal servitude, and Morrison was sentenced to twelve calendar months." (Friday 09 March 1866, Birmingham Daily Gazette, p4). --
Newspaper reports of his trial: "WORCESTERSHIRE ASSIZES... George Young and Mary Morrison, housebreaking at Darlingscott, Shipston-on-Stour..." (Monday 05 March 1866, Birmingham Daily Post, p8). --
5 March, 1866: George Young was convicted at the Worcester City and County Assizes and sentenced to 10 years' transportation for burglary, with a previous conviction for felony (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for George Young; Pentonville Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1864-1866). --00--