Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:600
| SURNAME | GALVIN |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | Hugh |
| OTHER NAME | |
| CONVICT NO | 1560 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 1827 Ireland – 25.12.1878 Greenough, heart disease |
| BRITISH DATA | unmarr, shepherd, RC; conduct in Leicester Prison - very good |
| PRE CONVICTION | |
| CONVICTION | Edinburgh 23.07.1851 with James Connolly [1561] (both Irishmen), the assault and murder of Alexander Loughton, confectioner of Leith, life (The Caledonian Mercury, 24 Jul 1851) |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 9ins, brown hair, grey eyes, long visage, sallow complexion, stout build, long visage, scar on left temple and cheek, front tooth broken |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Dudbrook 07.02.1853 from Portsmouth Prison |
| CERTIFICATES | TL15.08.1856, CP20.01.1861 Champion Bay |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | 15.12.1853 (SO3 p135) CE being a member of the ‘Exemplary’ Class of probationer is appointed constable on night duty; 24.06.1854 (SO3 p273) CE, to attend Catholic minister’s office, 16.08.1854 (SO3p314) CE to receive extra rations as sawyer; 24.07.1855 CE transferred to Fresh Water Bay; 27.05.1856 (SO5 p42, p43) CE discharged on light duties without tobacco; ¹23 Jan 1861 Champion Bay, notification of his CP; 1863 Victoria District, family lost everything in a bush fire caused by William Glenrobb [3241] (The Perth Gazette, 11 Dec 1863); 1869 Greenough, shepherd & farmer; ^1863 - 1870 employed 13 TL men; Feb 1873- 1878 Greenough Flats, a farmer |
| FAMILY | Marr – Elizabeth McDONNELL (1840 – 05.02.1873 Greenough, ^she arr 26.12.1860 per Escort) 16.05.1862 Greenough
Children: Elizabeth GALVIN: b./d.1862 Greenough, 4 days; Margaret GALVIN: b./d. 18.02.1864 Greenough, 1 day; Christopher GALVIN: 1864 Greenough - Jun 1948 Beverley; Maria GALVIN: b.1865 Greenough; Mary Jane GALVIN: 1869 Greenough – 13.06.1876 Greenough; Hugh Alfred GALVIN: 1870 Greenough - 10.12.1944 Mt Magnet WA |
| WA CONVICTIONS | 17 Feb 1866 Geraldton, drunk & incapable of taking care of himself or his horse, fined 10/- 29 Mar 1866 Geraldton, drunk & using obscene language, £1 ᴳᴿᴾ30 Jan 1871 Greenough, refusing to pay David Beard for balance of pay for work done, settled out of court ᴳᴿᴾ02 Sep 1872 Greenough, drunk & incapable at Hampton Hotel, fined 5/- ᴳᴿᴾ28 Jul 1873 Greenough, drunk & disorderly Greenough Hotel, fined 5/- ᴳᴿᴾ03 Nov 1873 Greenough, drunk on a public road, admitted fined 10/- |
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| REFERENCES | SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R21B, R33; Convict Description Register Acc 128/41; Superintendent’s Orders Acc 1156 SO3/SO5; ᴳᴿᴾGreenough Police Court Charge Book Cons 4411; ¹Comptroller General to Resident Magistrates Acc 1156 C12/579; ᴿᴰConvict Establishment Receipts & Discharges Acc 1156 R&D 1; Geraldton Police Charge Book Cons 661/41 Entry 197; Register of Deaths Geraldton Courthouse; Maley’s Mill & Store Records courtesy Greenough Museum & Gardens; Greenough Death Register 1864 - 1895 Entry 111, 1876 Entry 176, 1878 Entry 211; ^Erickson, R: Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre1829 – 1888, p 1146 |
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