357 APPENDIX CONVICT RECORDS OF THE FENIAN TRANSPORTEES SOURCES: Most information is from two convict records held in the Western Australian archives, Battye Library, Perth: R16, WAA 1156 - Register of the Hougoumont convicts; and V10,WAA 1156 - Superintendents Register, 1867-1877. The quoted remarks related to convictions in Ireland are from Fenian Papers File 5246R, No. 27, State Paper Office, Dublin. Some additional details in regard to the convicts lives after release have been drawn from the thesis for ready reference. Years of birth have been calculated from ages given upon arrival at Fremantle on 10 January 1868. Any convict whose birthday happened to be between 1st and 10th January would therefore have been born a year later than indicated here. After each convicts sentence, the English prison occupied just prior to transportation is given together with the convicts number there. The second convict number is that received upon arrival in Australia. ABBREVIATIONS USED: b born B W bread and water CF certificate of freedom chn children con y . convicted CP conditional pardon CR conditional release d died FP free pardon HL hard labour illiterate lit. literate m married N.S.W. New South Wales N.Z. New Zealand p.a. per annum p.d. per day Prot Protestant p/s penal servitude p.w. per week RC Roman Catholic Rev. Reverend SC Solitary confinement semi-lit. semi-literate Supt Superintendent TL ticket-of-leave u/m unmarried Vic. Victoria W.A. Western Australia yrs. years 358 Aher, Jeremiah, b 1843, son of William, Ballymacoda, Cork; u/m carpenter, Ballymacoda, lit., RC, con y . Cork 2/5/67: Took part in the attack on Ballyknockin Constabulary Barrack, 5th March 1867; treason-felony, 7 yrs p/s; Millbank prison (3522); Fremantle prison, Clarence road party, Perth prison, Pinjarra depot (9645); 7 letters home, character good. Record: (1) Mutinous conduct 3/2/69 - 7 days B W, removed to Pinjarra depot. (2) Refused to work,19/2/69 - 7 days B W. (3) Refused to work, 6/3/69 - 7 days B W. (4) Refused to work,20/3/69 - indefinite SC. Release: FP 15/5/69; carpenter; m Mary Brennan, Irish migrant, May 1873; sailed for Melbourne with wife and child on Northern Light 8/5/76, later that year went on to San Francisco where he settled permanently. Baines, Thomas, b 1843, brother of Bridget (emigrated to America), Sligo; u/m farmer, Sligo, lit., RC, con y . Dublin 19/2/67: The most active Fenian agent for the seduction of soldiers in 1864, 65 and 66, both in England and Ireland. Pleaded guilty under the erroneous impression that he would be leniently dealt with, - member of the Fenian Committee of Safety; treason-felony, 10 years p/s; Millbank prison (3122); Fremantle prison, West Guildford road party (9654); 2 letters home, character indifferent. Record: Idleness, 14/10/68 - reprimanded. Release: CP 13/3/71; sailed for N.Z. on Queen of the South 11/5/71, deported 27/6/71 (prohibited convict immigrant); arrived Newcastle N.S.W. 22/7/71, Sydney 28/7/71; return trip to Gympie, Queensland, then to San Francisco; may have visited Vic. and W.A. on a Fenian mission in 1880. Bowler (alias Cullinane), Thomas, b 1844, brother of Johanna, Middleton, Cork; u/m labourer, Ballymacoda, Cork, illit. (Irish speaker), RC, cony. Cork 2/5/67: Took part in the attack on Knockadoon coast Guard Station; high-treason, death commuted to life p/s; Millbank prison (3489); Fremantle prison, Clarence road party, Perth prison, Pinjarra depot (9671); 4 letters home, character bad. Record: Mutinous conduct, 3/2/69 - 7 days B W, removed to Pinjarra depot. Release: FP 15/5/69; sailed for Sydney on Rangatira 21/9/69, then to Ireland on Suffolk 26/10/69. Bradley, Daniel J, b 1847, son of Daniel, Kilmallock, Limerick; u/m draper, Cork and Limerick, lit., RC, con y ; Limerick 11/6/67: One of the party which attacked Kilmallock Constabulary Barrack, and was along with Capt. Dunne which he fired at Mr. Bourne, 5 March 67 - He had been for a long time previously a leading conspirator and a determined Fenian ; treason-felony, 10 yrs p/s; Millbank prison (3493); Fremantle prison, Clarence road party, West Guildford road party (9672); 8 letters home, character good. 359 Record: Special remission 4 weeks, 21/4/68. Release: CP 13/3/71; sailed from Albany 6/2/72, destination not known. Brophy, Hugh Francis, b 1829, m 3 chn: Thomas 12 yrs, Margaret 10 yrs and Bridget 8 yrs, 84 Hill St. Newry; building contractor, Dublin, lit., RC, con y . Dublin 29/1/66: Had been for years an active Fenian- on the Head Committee in Dublin - took an active part in the defence of Murphy (Pagan OLeary) at Mullinger - had charge of Fenian arms department in 1865 - was lodging with James Stephens when arrested; dock speech temperate; treason-felony, 10 yrs p/s; Portland prison (5379); Fremantle prison, Clarence road party, Perth prison, Vasse depot (9674); 3 letters home, character very good. Record: (1) Holding communication with liberated convicts, 23/11/6! dismissed with a caution. (2) Refused to join his party, 22/2/69 - 7 days B W, removed to Vasse depot. (3) Mutinous conduct, 3/2/69 -21 days SC, 7 on B W. (4) Refused to obey, 16/3/69 - 7 days B W. (5) Refused to obey, 23/3/69 - 7 days B W. (6) Refused to obey, 27/3/69 - indefinite SC. Release: FP 15/5/69; sailed for Melbourne 17/5/72, arrested on arrival (prohibited convict immigrant), but charges later dropped; building contractor, Melbourne; a widower, m Margaret Freney, Irish migrant (d. 15/6/1934, aged 88), 7 chn; d. 11/6/19 at North Carlton, Melbourne; buried at Melbourne cemetery. Casey, John Sarsfield, b 1846, son of Jeremiah, Mitchelstown, Cork; u/m Clerk, Mitchelstown, lit., RC, con y . Cork 14/12/65: A very young man but a very determined Fenian - used to write very violent letters and "Poetry" for the Irishman under the nom-de-plume "the Galtee boy" - a clerk to J.J. Geary the Head Centre for Cork; dock speech intemperate, accused Crown of packing juries and suborning perjurers; treason-felony, 5 yrs p/s; Portland prison (5365); Fremantle prison, West Guildford road party (9684); 5 letters home, character good. Record: (1) Idleness, 14/10/68 - reprimanded. (2) Writing 2 letters clandestinely and using highly improper language in them, 29/10/68 - 3 months SC (shortened to 1 month SC, 2/11/68). (3) Insolence and insubordination, 31/10/68 - severely reprimanded and warned. (4) Granted TL, 13/11/68. (5) Holding illegal intercourse with convicts of a road party, 19/11/68 - cautioned and dismissed. (6) Out after hours - cautioned. TL work: (1) General servant for M. Griever, Perth, 20/- p.w., 14/11/68. (2) Schoolmaster for Rev. A. Bourke, York, 21/11/68. (3) Schoolmaster for Rev. Gibney, York, 52 p.a., 31/12/68. Release: FP 15/5/69: sailed for Sydney on Pangatira 21/9/69, then to Ireland on Suffolk 26/10/69. 360 Cashman, Denis, b 1842, m to Catherine (b 1842), 2 Barkers St, Waterford, 3 chn: William 4 yrs, Arthur 2 yrs, David 1 yr; clerk, lit., RC, con y . Dublin 19/2/67: An attorneys clerk - one of the Edward Power Circle - an intelligent young man of considerable influence in the Conspiracy - He pleaded guilty under the erroneous impression that he would be leniently dealt with", treason-felony, 7 yrs p/s; Millbank prison (3127); Fremantle prison, West Guildford road party (9685); 6 letters home, character indifferent. Record: (1) Insolent conduct, 4/5/68 - 3 days B W. (2) Clandestine correspondence, 4/11/68 - 6 days B W. (3) Obstinately and insolently refused to salute the Superintendent, 11/11/68 - dismissed, as he stood at attention. Release: FP 15/5/69; sailed for Sydney on Rangatira 21/9/69, then to San Francisco on Baringa 21/10/69; worked with John Boyle OReilly on the Boston Pilot newspaper. Cody, Michael (alias James Dunn), b 1842, son of John, Denzil St, Dublin; u/m boilermaker, Dublin, lit., RC, con y . Dublin 8/4/67: A desperate fellow - an assassin - actively engaged as an organizer for some years - was arrested in Dublin during the sitting of the Special Commission 1867 with a revolver and a list of the Judges and Crown officials engaged at the Commission - president of the Fenian Committee of Safety; dock speech denying his guilt, but temperate; treason- felony, 20 yrs p/s; Milibank prison (3483); Fremantle prison, West Guildford road party (9721); 5 letters home, character indifferent. Record: (1) Inattention to Supt., 15/1/68 - cautioned. (2) Refused to salute Supt., 4/12/68 - 2 days HL. (3) Refused to work, 17/5/69 - 7 days B W. (4) Refused to work, 2/8/70 - 7 days B W. (5) Refused to work, 6/8/70 - 7 days B W. (6) Insubordinate and violently resisting the officers and having money in possession, 27/9/70 - 14 days B W and to forfeit the money. (7) Having money and matches and paper in cell, 2/11/70 - money and papers forfeited and to forfeit 1 month tobacco. Release: CP 13/3/71; sailed from Albany on Rangatira for Sydney 30/5/71; Fenian organizer in N.S.W. and N.Z.; hotel proprietor, Sydney. Connolly, George, b. 1829, m to Ellen (b. 1835), Dublin, 4 chn: Margaret 17 yrs, Michael 11 yrs, Alice 6 yrs, Thomas 2 yrs; poplin weaver, Dublin, lit., RC, con y .