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The 'Pyrenees' is said to have left the Isle of Wight on March 30, 1851 and to have arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on June 28, 1851. She finally set sail from Torbay on March 30 and was said to have carried 96 passengers and 293 male convicts. Among the convicts were 29 Parkhurst boys who embarked at the Isle of Wight. The boys were listed in Paul Buddee's book, 'Fate of the Artful Dodger' and in Andrew Gill's later work, 'Forced Labour for the West'. The 29 'apprentices' who were transported on the 'Pyrenees' are transcribed below. To be transfered to the complete and expanded passenger list for the 1851 voyage of the 'Pyrenees', Close this window and click on the Pyrenees' name in the list on the previous page. |
Parkhurst Boys
Surname Christian Name(s) Term Age-S Trial Place Day Mth Year Offence Comments Bailey James 7y 20 Birmingham 15 04 1848 Larceny .... .... .... .... .... Bell George 7y 19 Chelmsford 19 10 1847 ... ... ... ... ... ... .... .... .... .... .... Brown George 10y 18 Edinburgh 16 03 1847 ... ... ... ... ... ... .... .... .... .... .... Brown Thomas 7y 19 Clerkenwell 29 09 1846 ... ... ... ... ... ... .... .... .... .... .... Calderhead William 7y 18 Edinburgh 13 12 1847 ... ... ... ... ... ... .... .... .... .... .... Day William 7y 17 Stafford 28 06 1847 Larceny aka [HEWETT] Digan Francis 7y 20 Bradford 30 06 1847 ... ... ... ... ... ... aka [DEGAN; DUIGAN] Emperingham Edward 7y 19 Spilsby 07 07 1846 ... ... ... ... ... ... .... .... .... .... .... Goodeve Frederick 10y 21 Clerkenwell 18 01 1848 Larceny from the person .... .... .... .... .... Hubberd Alfred 7y 18 Manchester 28 02 1848 ... ... ... ... ... ... aka [HUBBARD; HUBERT] Hunter William 7y 16 Leicester 09 03 1848 Stealing cheese aka [HUMBER]; 14 years old at trial Jackson John 7y 20 Nottingham 03 01 1847 Stealing a drawer of copper money .... .... .... .... .... Jones John 10y 19 Clerkenwell 06 04 1847 Larceny from the person aka [CUNNINGHAM] Lamb Joseph 7y 18 Manchester 18 10 1847 Shop breaking .... .... .... .... .... [ Top ] Surname Christian Name(s) Term Age-S Trial Place Day Mth Year Offence Comments Quinn Thomas 7y 15 Pontefract 05 04 1847 Larceny .... .... .... .... .... Richards Cornelius 7y 18 Leicester 16 03 1849 Larceny .... .... .... .... .... Riley Richard 7y 17 Central Criminal Court 03 01 1848 Larceny - stealing two dead fowls .... .... .... .... .... Roberts John 10y 20 Clerkenwell 06 07 1847 Larceny from the person .... .... .... .... .... Saunders James 7y 17 Chester 14 02 1848 Stealing handkerchief (Knutsford 4/2/47) aka [LOWNDES] Screech James 7y 18 Exeter 04 01 1848 Larceny .... .... .... .... .... Seddon William James 10y 20 Stafford 01 01 1849 Shop breaking .... .... .... .... .... Shaw James 7y 19 Knutsford 14 04 1848 Stealing needles (Chester 14/2/1848) aka [ROUNDS] Summerford John 7y 16 Oxford 18 10 1847 Larceny aka [SUMMERSFORD] Thornley Henry 7y 19 Chester 05 01 1848 ... ... ... ... ... ... .... .... .... .... .... Ward William 7y 18 Central Criminal Court 05 07 1847 ... ... ... ... ... ... .... .... .... .... .... White Stephen 7y 19 Wells 04 01 1848 Larceny .... .... .... .... .... Williams Job 7y 18 Chester 29 03 1848 Burglary .... .... .... .... .... Wood William 7y 18 Bolton 29 12 1847 ... ... ... ... ... ... .... .... .... .... .... Wright Thomas 7y 15 Stafford 28 06 1847 House breaking .... .... .... .... .... |
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