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Exiled
Down Under
Have you missing
ancestors on your family tree who seemed to have disappeared off the
face of the earth? If they were of the 19th century, perhaps they were
exiled--banished from England to Australia. From the Dictionary of Western
Australians Vol.2 1850-1868, put out by the University of Western Australia
Press in 1979, the following were listed, each of whom had been charged
of a breach deemed sufficient to warrant exile. Certainly there was
no mercy for repeat offenders. Exile may be more civilised than having
their hands amputated, but it was still very harsh.
Terms: TL - ticket
of leave, CP - conditional pardon, CF - conditional freedom, Exp. (expiry)
- full pardon. All include date granted. Convict Number in brackets.
Marital status and occupation when convicted. Some entries show convict's
career as a ticket of leave man.
HODGE,
John Thompson, 1825 - July 1863 d.
Toodyay, perished in the bush. Unm, servt. conv. Edinburgh 17.3.1847,
15 yrs; arr. "Pyrenees" 28.6.1851 (570) TL 28.6.1851.
HODGE(S),
William J., 1831 - Unm, groom, conv. Bath 26.10.1849, arceny, prev.
conv., 10 yrs; arr. "Ramillies" 7.8.1854 (3027) TL 30.8.1854, CP 22.6.1857,
Perth.
HODGEMAN,
George, 1823 - 1.3.1897. Unm, shoemaker, Prot. conv. Sandwich 1849,
receiving stolen goods, prev. conv., 15 yrs; arr. "Mermaid" 17.5.1851
(336) TL 28.6.1854, CP 28.3.1863 Swan; Perth.
HODGES,
James, 1825 - Unm, carpenter, conv. Chelmsford 3.4.1849, larceny,
prev. conv., 7 yrs; arr. "Marion" 31.1.1852 (1163) TL 31.1.1852, CP
January 1854, Perth.
HODGES,
James, 1841 - Unm, lab. lit. Prot. conv. Warwick 1860, arson, prev.
conv., 7 yrs; arr. "Norwood" 9.6.1862 (6328) TL 13.9.1863, CP 10.1.1867
Toodyay, CP 8.3.1872 Newcastle; York, lab. shoemaker, herdsman.
HODGES,
William, 1827 - Unm, plasterer, lit. Prot. conv. Gloucester 1848,
house breaking, prev. conv., 14 yrs; arr. "Hashemy" 25.10.1850 (85)
TL 26.8.1851, CP 2.2.1856.
HODGES,
William, 1831 - 16.1.1897 d. Mt. Eliza. Unm, miner, lit. Prot. conv.
Taunton 1861, burglary, prev. conv., 10 yrs; arr. "Norwood" 9.6.1862
(6322) TL 26.1.1864, CP 8.3.1869 Geraldton, CF 20.10.1871, Champion
Bay, lab.
HODGKINSON,
James, 1823 - Unm, lab. lit. RC, conv. Derby 1857, burglary, 20
yrs; arr. "Merchantman" 16.2.1863 (6884) TL 21.12.1863, CP 5.2.1870
Swan; Fremantle, lab. gen. servt. brickmaker, sawyer.
HODGKINSON,
William, 1841 - Unm, shoemaker, semi lit. Prot. conv. Nottingham
1857, house breaking, prev. conv., 6 yrs; arr. "Edwin Fox" 21.10.1858
(5299) TL 11.2.1861 Perth, CP 25.11.1862 Toodyay.
HODGKISS,
John, 1842 - Unm, boatbuilder, illit. Prot. conv. Shrewsbury 1865,
firing stacks, prev. conv., 10 yrs; arr. "Corona" 22.12.1866 (9195)
TL 1.11.1873, CF 7.4.1877 Perth; Fremantle, lab. boatman.
HODGMAN,
George, 1824 - Unm, lab. lit. Prot. conv. Sandwich, larceny prev.
conv., 10 yrs; arr. "Corona" 22.12.1866 (9196) TL 18.1.1879, CF 21.4.1875
Bunbury; Wellington, Sussex, gen. servt. lab.
HODGSON,
John, 1818 - 17.4.1872 accidentally killed at Bunbury. WD. 4 chn.
gentleman's servt. semi lit. Prot. conv. Liverpool 1863, larceny, prev.
conv., 7 yrs' arr. "Merchantman" 12.9.1864 (8018) TL 22.1.1866, Perth,
Wellington, gen. servt. lab. cook, worked for self (1866).
HODGSON,
John, 1825 - 17.4.1898. M. railway wheelmaker, illit. Prot. conv.
York 1853, rape, life; arr. "Adelaide" 10.7.1855 (3660) TL 11.3.1859,
CP 13.3.1863 Champion Bay.
HODGSON,
Thomas, 1831 - Unm, lab. conv. Cent. Crim. Court, 2.7.1849, larceny,
prev. conv., 7 yrs; arr. "Marion" 31.1.1852 (1262) TL 31.1.1852, CP
30.9.1853.
HODGSON,
William, 1826 - Unm, lab. semi lit. Prot. conv. Leeds 1857, pick
pocket, prev. conv., 6 yrs; arr. "Edwin Fox" 21.10.1858 (5313) TL 8.9.1960
Guildford, CP 16.9.1862 Swan. Left for Melbourne 27.4.1881.
HODSON,
Benjamin, 1832 - Unm, lab. conv. Stafford 20.7.1850, arson of stacks,
10 yrs; arr. "Sea Park" 5.4.1854 (2720) TL 5.4.1854, Exp. Aug 1860.
HODSON,
John, 1811 - M. 3 chn. engineer, conv. Ipswich 10.7.1851, breaking
entering & stealing, 10 yrs; arr. "Dudbrook" 10.2.1853 (1488) TL
13.4.1854, CP 11.10.1856.
From SHARE
Newsletter #19, pages 213-214 "Exiled Down Under"
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