Passengers Arriving In Western Australia - SIMON TAYLOR August 20, 1842

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The emigrant ship Simon Taylor sailed from London on April 30, 1842. She was under the command of Thomas Brown and arrived off Fremantle in the Swan River Colony 111 days later on August 20, 1842.

There were 242 passengers in all - 5 traveled in the cabins and the rest in steerage. Of those, 219 were assisted migrants and 18 were Parkhurst boys.

The 18 Parkhurst lads were convicted children from the Isle of Wight and by 1852 a further 316 had been sent to the Swan River and apprenticed to local settlers. Other boys were sent to Tasmania, New Zealand, Victoria and even Norfolk Island.

Jenny Brandis has a personal interest in the Backshall and Mortimer passengers who travelled on the Simon Taylor and she has provided brief details of both families below. She has also created two web pages which present a more detailed account of the voyage with quotes from a newspaper of the day. Her second page presents a timeline of the life of the Simon Taylor including her physical description and building history. These pages can be viewed at:

http://brandis.com.au/genealogy/gendata/voyage.html
http://brandis.com.au/genealogy/gendata/simontay.html

Jenny has also created a page to cover the 18 boys sent out under a conditional pardon from Parkhurst Prison. She explains how the 13-16 year-old lads were treated as ordinary passengers and put under the care of Samuel Caporn, a migrant who was travelling with his own extended family. For further details on these lads and the Parkhurst Boys in general look at:

http://brandis.com.au/genealogy/gendata/parkhurst.html

One of Jenny's Transported to published in 1984 Buddee later indicated an invaluable

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Name ADDISON William ADDISON Margaret ADDISON Elizabeth ADDISON Margaret ADDISON Mary Anne BACKSHALL BACKSHALL BACKSHALL BACKSHALL BACKSHALL BACKSHALL BACKSHALL BACKSHALL BACKSHALL BACKSHALL BACKSHALL [Top] BADCOCK Edwin BADCOCK Susan BADCOCK George BARRETT Agnes (Miss) .. BEDDINGFIELD Thomas F. BESLEY Francis BESLEY Elizabeth BOLTON Henry BRITNALL Thomas BRITNALL Elizabeth BRITNALL Emma [Top] CAPORN Samuel CAPORN Ann CAPORN Sarah CAPORN Elizabeth CAPORN Frederick CAPORN William CAPORN Henry CAPORN Edward CAPORN James CAPORN John CAPORN Louisa CAPORN Ann [Top] COLE(S) COLE(S) COOPER George COVENTRY W.A. COX John COX Martha CRISP Eli CRISP Jane CROCKER Jesse CROCKER Charlotte DIXON Charles DOUGHTY George [Top] DOUST DOUST DOUST DOUST DOUST James DREWETT DREWETT DREWETT DREWETT DREWETT DREWETT DREWETT DREWETT [Top] EEDLE David EEDLE Ann EEDLE Emily FREEMAN Owen FREEMAN Elizabeth GIBLETT John GIBLETT Ann GILBERT Henry GILBERT Mary Ann GILBERT William Henry 12 GILBERT Ellen GILBERT Mary Ann GILBERT Frances [Top] GREGG John GREGG Sarah GREGG Samuel GREGG James HALE Stephen HALE Emma HALE Emma HALE Mary HARWOOD HASLER Benjamin [Top] HAYSOM George HAYSOM Harriet HAYSOM William HAYSOM Jane HAYSOM Charles HAYWARD Frederick HERBERT John HERBERT Mary HERBERT John James HERBERT Charlotte HERBERT .... HEWETT Thomas [Top] HITCHCOCK HITCHCOCK HITCHCOCK HITCHCOCK HITCHCOCK HITCHCOCK HITCHCOCK HITCHCOCK HITCHCOCK HOGAN Samuel HORTON HORTON [Top] KENNEDY Mathew KENNEDY Mary KENNEDY Rebecca KING J. KING John KING Mary KING Edmund KING Reuben KING Aaron KING John KING Vincent LANE John Edward 16 [Top] LANGDALE Andrew LANGDALE Alice LAWRENCE Ambrose LAWRENCE Sarah MARTIN MARTIN MARTIN MARTIN MARTIN MARTIN MARTIN MARTIN MARTIN MARTIN [Top] MEAD Henry MEAD Dorothy MEAD Thomas MEAD Jane MEAD Eleanor MEAD Thomas MEAD Margaret MOORE MOORE MORTIMER MORTIMER MORTIMER MORTIMER James [Top] MUNDAY MUNDAY MUNDAY MURPHY Jeremiah MURRELL John MUSPRATT George MUSPRATT Harriet NEALE Samuel NORTON John PATTEN John PATTEN Mary Ann PLAYLE [Top] PREST Elizabeth PRITCHARD John PRITCHARD Ann PRITCHARD Lydia PRITCHARD William RIDLEY RIDLEY RIDLEY RIDLEY RIDLEY RIDLEY RIDLEY [Top] ROSER ROSER ROSER ROSER ROSER ROSER SAINSBURY SAINSBURY SLATER Thomas SLATER Mary SLATER Sarah SLATER George Top] TAPPING Thomas TAPPING Catherine TAPPING Rebecca TAPPING Sarah TAPPING Jane TAYLOR Henry TAYLOR Samuel TOWTON Henry TYNE John WALKER John WALKER Ann WENN John WENN Harriet WENN James [Top] WHITE Richard WHITE Elizabeth WHITE Jabez WHITE Rachel WHITE Mary WHITE Phillip WHITE John WHITE Thomas WHITE Henry Randle 1 WHITE James WHITE Leah WILSON WILSON WILSON Henry [Top] WORLEY WORLEY WORLEY WORLEY YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK
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[ Top sources was "Fate of the Artful Dodger: Parkhurst Boys Australia & NZ 1842-1852," by Paul Buddee. The book was and discusses the Parkhurst movement at length. Although that his text had its short comings, it still provides background to the Parkhurst experience. SRC="shipline.gif" ALT="ship line"> TAYLOR"
[20 August, 1842]
Passenger List

Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 32 F Ag. Lab. 12 days ...... 33 F ... 30 days ...... 6 F ... 30 days ...... 4 F ... 30 days ...... ? mths F ... ... Born at sea; reports also said Elizabeth Addison gave birth to a female on 1 Aug 1842 (Elizabeth was given as 6 years old ?) William 55 F Ag. Lab. 16 days ...... Lydia 45 F ... 16 days ...... Reuben 21 F Ag. Lab. 4 days ...... Frederick 19 F Ag. Lab. 4 days ...... Eliza 16 F House Maid 10 days ...... George 15 F Ag. Lab. 16 days ...... Caroline 12 F ... 16 days ...... Edward 10 F ... 16 days ...... Harriet 8 F ... 16 days ...... John 6 F ... 16 days ...... Fanny 6 mths F ... 16 days ...... Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 29 F Ag. Lab. 3 days ...... 20 F ... 3 days ...... 1 F ... 3 days ...... S ... ... Cabin passenger ("Perth Gazette" Saturday August 27 1842) .. S Doctor ... Cabin passenger ("Perth Gazette" Saturday August 27 1842) 21 F Carpenter 13 days ...... 21 F ... 13 days ...... 14 S Tailor 43 days Parkhurst Boy 27 F Ag. Lab. 15 days ...... 23 F ... 15 days ...... 3 mths F ... 15 days ...... Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 46 F Ag. Lab. 30 days ...... 41 F ... 30 days ...... 21 F ... 30 days ...... 19 F ... 30 days ...... 16 F ... 9 days ...... 13 F ... 9 days ...... 11 F ... 30 days ...... 9 F ... 30 days ...... 7 F ... 30 days ...... 6 F ... 30 days ...... 4 F ... 30 days ...... 4 mths F ... ... Ann CAPORN does not show on the Quarantine List. Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments James 26 F Ag. Lab. 4 days ...... Charlotte 21 F ... 4 days ...... .. S Doctor ... Cabin passenger; Surgeon Superintendent ("Perth Gazette" Saturday August 27 1842) .. S ... ... Cabin passenger ("Perth Gazette" Saturday August 27 1842) 22 F Carpenter 15 days ...... 22 F ... 15 days ...... 19 F Ag. Lab. 12 days ...... 19 F ... 12 days ...... 24 F Carpenter 4 days ...... 22 F House Maid 4 days ...... 16 S Tailor 61 days Parkhurst Boy 16 S Shoemaker 30 days Parkhurst Boy Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments Isaac 29 F Ag. Lab. 24 days ...... Frances 27 F ... 24 days Name given as FANNY Emily 4 F ... 24 days ...... Alice Louisa 1 F ... 24 days Name given as ELIS 19 S Ag. Lab. 11 days ...... William 38 F Ag. Lab. 24 days ...... Maria 39 F ... 24 days ...... Hannah 17 F House Maid 4 days DREWITT on Quarantine List & DEWET on Ship List. Christian name "Hannah" on Quarantine List, "Anna" on Ship List. William 15 F Ag. Lab. 4 days DREWITT on Quarantine List & DEWITT on Ship List. George 13 F ... 24 days ...... Thomas 10 F ... 24 days ...... David 8 F ... 24 days ...... Ann 3 F ... 24 days ...... Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 27 F ... 44 days EDLE on Quarantine List & EDLER on Ship List. 29 F ... 44 days EDLE on Quarantine List & EDLER on Ship List. 1 F ... 44 days EDLE on Quarantine List & EDLER on Ship List. 25 F Ag. Lab. 15 days ...... 21 F ... 15 days ...... 32 F Ag. Lab. 14 days GIBBLETT on Quarantine List & GIBLETT on Ship List. 24 F ... 14 days GIBBLETT on Quarantine List & GIBLETT on Ship List; could be 34 years ??? 40 F Ag. Lab. 4 days ...... 34 F ... 4 days ...... F ... 4 days ...... 10 F ... 4 days ...... 8 F ... 4 days ...... 6 F ... 4 days Name given as FANNY Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 29 F Ag. Lab. 4 days ...... 25 F ... 4 days ...... 2 F ... 4 days ...... 1 F ... 4 days ...... 28 F Ag. Lab. 15 days ...... 20 F ... 15 days Could be 22 years ??? 2 F ... 15 days ...... 9 mths F ... 15 days Quarantine ??? She was also said to have died at sea; Mary Hale d. 24 July 1842 aged months ??? Joshua 16 S Tailor 32 days Parkhurst Boy; Could be HAREWOOD ??? 14 S Tailor 38 days Parkhurst Boy. Alternative surnames were HALLER, HAYTOR & HAZLER ??? Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 20 F Ag. Lab. 5 days HYSOM on Quarantine List & HAYSOM on Ship List. 21 F ... 5 days HYSOM on Quarantine List & HAYSOM on Ship List. 25 F Blacksmith 4 days HYSOM on Quarantine List & HAYSOM on Ship List. 28 F ... 4 days HYSOM on Quarantine List & HAYSOM on Ship List. 9 F ... 4 days HYSOM on Quarantine List & HAYSOM on Ship List. 16 S Tailor 32 days Name also given as HAYWOOD. Could he have been Joshua HARWOOD? 33 F Ag. Lab. 4 days ...... 28 F ... 4 days ...... 5 F ... 4 days ...... 3 F ... 4 days ...... .... ? mths F ... ... Born at sea; Mary Herbert gave birth to a male on 4 May 1842 23 S Carpenter 2 days HEWITT on Quarantine List & HEWET on Ship List. Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments James 35 F Ag. Lab. 4 days ...... Mary 32 F ... 4 days ...... Martha 17 F ... 4 days ...... Susannah 14 F House Maid 4 days Could be SUSANNA ??? Jesse 11 F ... 4 days ...... Sarah 8 F ... 4 days ...... David 7 F ... 4 days ...... Obed 2 F ... 4 days ...... John 3 mths F ... 4 days ...... 15 S Tailor 8 days Parkhurst Boy Henry 24 F Ag. Lab. 12 days HORTON on Quarantine List & HATER on Ship List. Sarah 20 F ... 61 days HORTON on Quarantine List & HATER on Ship List. Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 32 F Ag. Lab. 8 days ...... 32 F ... 42 days ...... 9 F ... 42 days ...... .. S ... ... Cabin passenger ("Perth Gazette" Saturday August 27 1842) 42 F Ag. Lab. 14 days ...... 43 F ... 14 days ...... 19 F Ag. Lab. 14 days ...... 17 F Ag. Lab. 14 days ...... 14 F Ag. Lab. 14 days ...... 12 F ... 14 days ...... 11 F ... 14 days ...... S Tailor 27 days Parkhurst Boy Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 23 F Ag. Lab. 10 days ...... 20 F ... 10 days ...... 28 F Ag. Lab. 6 days ...... 29 F ... 6 days ...... Henry 38 F Ag. Lab. 4 days ...... Elizabeth 40 F ... 4 days ...... Samuel 19 F Ag. Lab. 4 days ...... Harriet 16 F ... 4 days ...... Mercy 14 F Milliner 4 days ...... Eliza 12 F ... 4 days ...... Elizabeth 9 F ... 4 days ...... Frances 7 F ... 4 days Christian name "Francis" on Quarantine List, "Frances" on Ship List. Henry 4 F ... 4 days ...... Alfred 3 mths F ... 4 days ...... Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 21 F ... 27 days On Quarantine List only. 21 F ... 27 days On Quarantine List only. 32 F Ag. Lab. 8 days Surname MEADE on Quarantine List & MEAD on Ship List. 32 F ... 8 days Surname MEADE on Quarantine List & MEAD on Ship List. 3 F ... 8 days Surname MEADE on Quarantine List & MEAD on Ship List. 2 F ... 8 days Surname MEADE on Quarantine List & MEAD on Ship List. 3 mths F ... 8 days Surname MEADE on Quarantine List & MEAD on Ship List. James 22 F Carpenter 11 days ...... Mary 20 F ... 11 days Christian name MARY on Quarantine List & MAY on Ship List. Samuel 25 F ... 5 days ...... Martha 23 F ... 5 days ...... Ann 1 F ... 5 days ...... 18 S Tailor 53 days Parkhurst Boy. JAMES (18) on Ship List & JOHN (17) on Quarantine List. Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments George 24 F Ag. Lab. 4 days ...... Ann 19 F ... 4 days ...... James 1 F ... 4 days ...... 15 S Tailor 31 days Parkhurst Boy 17 S Tailor 9 days Parkhurst Boy 27 F Ag. Lab. 6 days ...... 30 F ... 6 days ...... 15 S Tailor 61 days Parkhurst Boy. SAMUEL on Quarantine List & JAMES on ship List. 16 S Shoemaker 31 days Parkhurst Boy 28 F Ag. Lab. 15 days Name also given as PATTON. 29 F ... 15 days Name also given as PATTON. John 21 S Ag. Lab. 5 days PLAYEL on quarantine List & PLAYLE on Ship List. Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 21 S ... 4 days PREST or PRIST. 43 F Ag. Lab. 4 days ...... 42 F ... 4 days ...... 21 F House Maid 4 days ...... 19 F Ag. Lab. 6 days ...... Edward 40 F ... 10 days On Quarantine List only. Amelia 32 F ... 10 days On Quarantine List only. Unable to read Christian name. Charles 16 F ... 4 days On Quarantine List only. Edward 10 F ... 10 days On Quarantine List only. James 8 F ... 10 days On Quarantine List only. George 6 F ... 10 days On Quarantine List only. Alfred 3 F ... 10 days On Quarantine List only. Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments William 39 F Ag. Lab. 27 days ROSER on Quarantine List & ROSE on Ship List. Diana 33 F ... 27 days ROSER on Quarantine List & ROSE on Ship List. Lucy 11 F ... 27 days ROSER on Quarantine List & ROSE on Ship List. Elizabeth 9 F ... 27 days ROSER on Quarantine List & ROSE on Ship List. Fanny 7 F ... 27 days ROSER on Quarantine List & ROSE on Ship List. Mary Ann 6 F ... 27 days ROSER on Quarantine List & ROSE on Ship List. John 20 F Carpenter 11 days ...... Ann 20 F ... 11 days ...... 36 F Blacksmith 12 days Could be read as SLATTER ??? 33 F ... 12 days Could be read as SLATTER ??? 13 F ... 12 days Could be read as SLATTER ??? 13 F ... 12 days Could be read as SLATTER ??? >STRICKLAND Robert 14 S Tailor 22 days Parkhurst Boy Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 34 F Ag. Lab. 24 days Name also given as EDWARD JOHN 20 F ... 24 days Daughter of CAPORN family on same voyage. 4 F ... ... Rebecca TAPPING does not appear on the Quarantine List. 2 F ... 24 days ...... 4 mths F ... 24 days ...... 19 S Blacksmith 6 days ...... 17 S Tailor 44 days Parkhurst Boy 17 S Tailor 38 days Parkhurst Boy 14 S Tailor 61 days Parkhurst Boy 21 F Ag. Lab. 8 days ...... 20 F ... 8 days ...... 29 F Ag. Lab. 61 days WENN or WINN. 24 F ... 61 days WENN or WINN. 4 F ... 61 days WENN or WINN. Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments 41 F Ag. Lab. 27 days ...... 41 F ... 27 days ...... 19 F Ag. Lab. 27 days ...... 13 F ... 27 days ...... 11 F ... 27 days ...... 9 F ... 27 days PHILLIP on Quarantine List & PHILIP on Ship List. 7 F ... 27 days ...... 2 F ... 27 days ...... F ... 27 days Quarantine ??? Henry White died on 13 Aug 1842 aged 18 months according to other reports 28 F Ag. Lab. 27 days ...... 22 F ... 27 days ...... Samuel 25 F Ag. Lab. 37 days ...... Elizabeth 25 F ... 37 days ...... 17 S Tailor 38 days Parkhurst Boy Name Age Family/Single Occupation Quarantine Comments Edward 34 F ... 37 days On Quarantine List only. Could also be WOSLEY. Elizabeth 25 F ... 37 days On Quarantine List only. Could also be WOSLEY. Jane 2 F ... 37 days On Quarantine List only. Could also be WOSLEY. Thomas 6 mths F ... 37 days On Quarantine List only. Could also be WOSLEY. John 29 F Ag. Lab. 27 days ...... Ann 30 F ... 27 days ...... Frances 7 F ... 27 days FRANCIS on Quarantine List & FRANCES on Ship List. Selina 3 F ... 27 days ...... Emma 1 F ... 27 days ...... Joseph 34 F Ag. Lab. 27 days ...... Mary 28 F ... 27 days ...... Eleanor 4 F ... 27 days ...... Harden 6 mths F ... 27 days Name also given as HARDIE ??? SRC="shipline.gif" ALT="ship line">
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Biographies >William BACKSHALL, b. cir 1787 (ENG), m. dia BACKSHALL, b. cir 1797 (ENG). b>Reuben BACKSHALL, b. cir 1821 (ENG).

b>Frederick BACKSHALL, b. cir 1823 (ENG).

b>Eliza BACKSHALL, b. cir 1826 (ENG).

b>George BACKSHALL, b. cir 1827 (ENG), d. July 1862 (W.A.), Mary BRANDIS. They had three children and after Mary married three more times and produced 13 children. b>Caroline BACKSHALL, b. cir 1830 (ENG).

b>Edward BACKSHALL, b. cir 1832 (ENG).

b>Harriet BACKSHALL, b. cir 1834 (ENG).

b>John BACKSHALL, b. cir 1838 (ENG).

b>Fanny BACKSHALL, b. cir 1841 (ENG). Jenny Brandis on this family.

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"COLES"
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James COLES, b. cir 1816 (ENG), m. (ENG), Charlotte COLES (nee WEBB), b. cir 1821 (ENG).

Children:

Mary Ann COLES, b.1842 (W.A.), m. 10 Feb 1860 (York W.A), James BISHOP and had 13 children.
George COLES, b.1844 (W.A.).
Jesse COLES, b.1846 (W.A.).
Charles COLES, b.1848 (W.A.).
Emily COLES, b.1849 (W.A.).
William COLES, b.1850 (W.A.).
Emma Matilda COLES, b.1852 (W.A.).
James COLES, b.1854 (W.A.).
Rosina COLES, b.1856 (W.A.).
Sarah COLES, b.1858 (W.A.).
Ellen COLES, b.1861 (W.A.).
Frederick COLES, b.1864 (W.A.).

* Please contact Val Ward or Jenny Ward for further information on this family.

"COLES" Passenger Biographies

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"MOORE" Passenger Biographies

"MORTIMER" Passenger Biographies

"MUNDAY" Passenger Biographies

"PLAYLE" Passenger Biographies

"RIDLEY" Passenger Biographies

"ROSER" Passenger Biographies

"SAINSBURY" Passenger Biographies

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"WILSON" Passenger Biographies

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"COLES"
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"DOUST"
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"DREWITT"
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"HARWOOD"
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"HITCHCOCK"
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"HORTON"
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"MARTIN"
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"MOORE"
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"MORTIMER"
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"MUNDAY"
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"PLAYLE"
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"RIDLEY"
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"ROSER"
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"SAINSBURY"
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"STRICKLAND"
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"WILSON"
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"WORLEY"
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