Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:1082
| SURNAME | KIRKUP |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| OTHER NAME | |
| CONVICT NO | 3400 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 04.11.1822 Bamburgh, Northumberland – 27.07.1890 near Geraldton, bur Eastern Rd Cemetery |
| BRITISH DATA | s/o Thomas KIRKUP & Elizabeth nee BARBER, unmarr, shepherd, semi lit, Prot; behaviour in separate confinement - moderately good, in Portland Prison - exemplary, on voyage - very good |
| PRE CONVICTION | |
| CONVICTION | Newcastle upon Tyne 25.02.1853, stealing 21 sheep belonging to C. Borthwick and Joseph Scott, 14yrs (The Newcastle Courant, 04 Feb 1853) |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 10ins, dark brown hair, dark hazel eyes, round visage, fair complexion, middling stout, scar right arm |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Stag 23.05.1855 from Portland Prison |
| CERTIFICATES | TL24.01.1857, CP15.12.1860 |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | ^Greenough as shepherd, stockowner, 1872 Geraldton, butcher (The Perth Gazette, 19 Jul 1872); ^1867 - 1881 employed 6 TL men, ^1877 signed a petition against the discrimination against expirees; Jan 1872 100 acres lease to from Robert Readhead [3401];1873 stock agent; 1879 bankrupt; 1890 - family member a teamster between Geraldton and Mullewa |
| FAMILY | Marr – ^Honora MURPHY (1839 - 08.01.1924 Geraldton) 1864
Children: Elizabeth Ann KIRKUP: 1873 Geraldton - 1940 Geraldton, marr Joseph Herbert WRIGHT 1898 Geraldton; Thomas Lockier KIRKUP: 1874 Champion Bay - 04.07.1922 Geraldton, marr Catherine ROSS 1910 Geraldton; Mary Jane KIRKUP: 1875 Victoria Plains - 1956 Geraldton, marr Robert STARLING 1899 Geraldton; Ellen Margaret KIRKUP: 1876 Geraldton - 19.05.1877 Geraldton, 8 months; Hannora Rachael KIRKUP: 1877 Champion Bay; Catherine Harriett KIRKUP: 1879 Geraldton; John William KIRKUP: 1880 Geraldton - 1944 East Murchison |
| WA CONVICTIONS | ᴳᴿᴾ22 Aug 1870 Greenough, allowing 26 head of cattle & 25 pigs to trespass on the run of Robert Readhead, adjourned 06 Dec 1871 Geraldton, stealing sheep, not guilty ᴳᴿᴾ16 Jan 1871 Greenough, neglecting to send in his return of the number of sheep kept, cautioned ᴳᴿᴾ11 Mar 1872 Greenough, by order of Inspector of Sheep, neglecting to pay the amount of sheep contribution for 1872 year before March 1, contribution £4, penalty £1 & costs ᴳᴿᴾ08 Jun 1872 Greenough, refusing to pay wages for work done by Luke Blackwood, dismissed ᴳᴿᴾ30 Sep 1872 Greenough, allowing two horses to trespass on property of Spink White, fined ᴳᴿᴾ23 Nov 1874 Greenough, accused by Robert Willimott of trespassing with horses, dismissed ᴳᴿᴾ30 Jun 1875 Greenough, allowing a portion of a flock of quarantined sheep to run without a keeper, fined £25 *Sep 1878 (p161) charged Greenough Police Court with having a flock of sheep infected with scab, not reporting it, fined £45 & costs (The Victorian Express, 25 Sep 1878) *Oct 1878 (p165, p167) Greenough, paying wages £5 to John Mooney at Greenough Hotel, contrary to the Act, fined £2 & costs *Feb 1879 (p53) Greenough, using threatening & abusive language to Henry Gray fined £20 & held over to keep the peace for 6 months |
| WA RECONVICTIONS | |
| COMMENTS | 1890 T. Kirkup (possibly the son of Thomas Kirkup Senior) joined a group of teamsters protesting their cartage costs for taking loads of goods between Geraldton and Mullewa |
| REFERENCES | SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R18, R21B; Convict Description Register Acc 128/41; Record of Court Cases Acc 1156 V23; ᴳᴿᴾGreenough Police Court Charge Book Cons 4411; *WA Police Gazette; WA Government Gazette 1872/1 p3; Keeffe B: Eastward Ho To Mullewa and the Murchison, p45; ^Erickson, R: Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre1829 – 1888, p1765; Bain, Sr Mary Albertus: Life of Its Own: see p115; Maley’s Mill & Store Records courtesy Greenough Museum & Gardens; Register of Deaths Geraldton Courthouse |
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