Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:587
| SURNAME | FRIPP |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark Robert Kail |
| OTHER NAME | TRIPP |
| CONVICT NO | 988 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | bap 05.06.1829 Wimborne, Dorset – 29.04.1887 Dongara, injured his spine in an accident when a young horse knocked him down, bur. Dongara, a carter |
| BRITISH DATA | s/o Thomas FRIPP & Hannah nee KAIL, unmarr, farm lab, lit, Prot; 01.11.1850 Dorchester Prison transferred to Millbank Prison, London |
| PRE CONVICTION | 11.12.1849 Dorchester stealing 2 rosettes and a pair of boots, 1 cotton handkerchief, 1 powder horn, 2yds of ribbon, 2yds of binding, valued at 6/-, the property of James Downton, at Gussage All Saints, 2m (The Sherborne Mercury, 05 Jan 1850) |
| CONVICTION | 07.12.1850 Dorchester Prison records 01.07.1850 breaking & entering & stealing coins, silver coins & copper coins, farthings, a silver ring, the property of John Frampton, 10yrs (The Sherborne Mercury, 09 Jul 1850) |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 5½ins, dark hair, grey eyes, round visage, fresh complexion, stout build |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Marion 30.01.1852 from Pentonville Prison |
| CERTIFICATES | TL09.04.1853 CE (SO² p125), Exp Jul 1860 Champion Bay |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | Jun 1853 Perth; Aug 1855 - Dec 1855 Perth engaged by R Rowlands ‘Peninsula’; Jun 1 1857 engaged by John Stoke; Dec 14 1857 transferred to Champion Bay; ^1864 - 1868 employed 7 TL men on occasions; Jan 1867 lost a bay horse while at Bookara Springs, Irwin, reward offered (The Inquirer, 30 Jan 1867) 1868 teamster in Perth; ^1869 Greenough, farmer; 1871 labourer, lost his house in fire; ^ Geraldton widow conducted a boarding house in & was caretaker of George Shenton’s residence in Marine Terrace; May 1867 employed TL man Tindal Waterford [Exp 6478] £1/10/- month; 1870’s family remained in Greenough area, teamster; May 1877 referred to as ‘old time resident of Dongara and Greenough’; Jan 1877 Fripp family lost their house & all possessions to a fire (The Victoria Express, 29 Jan 1887); 1884 Dongara, first caretaker of Methodist Church; Irwin, a farmer (as a sign of respect following Mark’s death, St John’s Church, Dongara covered the communion table with a black cloth, even though he was a Wesleyan); Mr Fripp knocked down by a horse & suffered total lack of movement (The Victoria Express, 30 Apr 1887); Aug 1887 letter of thanks for all assistance given, written by Elizabeth Fripp (The Victoria Express, 06 Aug 1887) |
| FAMILY | Marr – Elizabeth Maryann HUNT (20.08.1843 - 12.03.1928 Leederville Perth, d/o William & Eliza, she arr. with parents 08.08.1857 per City of Bristol, her father being the first yeoman farmer on Greenough Flats in 1861) 30.04.1859 Champion Bay, Reg Office - permission to marry given by her father as she was under age
Children: Martha Sophia FRIPP: 18.09.1859 Greenough Flats - 26.01.1865 Geraldton, of diphtheria; Eliza Emily FRIPP: 01.12.1869 Perth - 16.01.1842 Katanning, marr John TRUSLOVE 1888 Geraldton; Thomas Ernest FRIPP: 05.07.1871 Irwin River - 02.03.1874 Irwin River; Robert Henry FRIPP: 03.04.1873 Irwin River - 04.07.1925 Geraldton; Stephen Augustus FRIPP: 17.04.1874 (Greenough) Irwin River - Feb 1955 Geraldton, marr Margaret Amelia MENKIN 1900 Geraldton; Ernest Kail FRIPP: 21.03.1877 Dongara - 27.10.1955 Geraldton, marr Sarah Ann SPEEDY 1903 Narra Tarra; Edith Mary FRIPP: 27.03.1879 Dongara - 11.12.1940 West Midland, marr Joshua FLETCHER 1898 Geraldton; Elizabeth Agatha FRIPP: 05.04.1881 Dongara - 12.12.1961 Perth, marr Carl Gustav WAHL 1903 Leederville; William George Giles FRIPP: 1883 Dongara - 09.09.1931 Repatriation Hospital Perth, marr Edith Laura MEDLEY 1911 Perth |
| WA CONVICTIONS | Dec 1885 Dongara, unlawful use & occupation of Crown Land, fined 5/- & costs |
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| REFERENCES | SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R17, R21B; Convict Description Register Acc 128/41; Fripp, G. & N.: A Short History of Mark Robert Kail Fripp, 29 Dec 1985; Northampton Historical Society Inc; Dongara Police Charge Book Cons417/22 p107; Employers of Ticket of Leave Men 1850 - 1890, J.S. Battye Library; Death Register Dongara 1874 – 1876 Entry 23 & 1887 Entry 5; ¹Perth Police Court TL Register Acc 1386/1 p449; ^Erickson, R: Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre1829 – 1888, p1129 |
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