Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:943
| SURNAME | CATON |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| OTHER NAME | EATON |
| CONVICT NO | 1775 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 1832 Dublin Ireland – Oct 1902 Old Men’s Home Perth (The Daily News, 03 Nov 1902) |
| BRITISH DATA | unmarr, tailor; 1851 Millbank Prison |
| PRE CONVICTION | |
| CONVICTION | Salford 21.05.1849 larceny from the person, 10yrs |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Pyrenees 30.04.1853 from the hulk Defence |
| CERTIFICATES | TL01.05.1853, CP03.02.1855 |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | Dec 1893 telegram from Resident Magistrate in Geraldton requesting Christopher Caton be accepted to the Invalid Depot as he was destitute |
| FAMILY | |
| WA CONVICTIONS | *Jul 1876 (p112, p120) Geraldton, drunk & incapable, 21d *Jun 1877 (p116) Geraldton, drunk (7 offences), 98d *Jul 1877 (p123) Geraldton, drunk & incapable, 21d *Sep 1879 (p167) Geraldton, drunk, 14d *Oct 1880 (p160, p169) Northampton, drunk & disorderly, 10/- or 14d *Oct 1880 (p167, p185) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Apr 1881 (p74) Northampton, drunk (2), 14d, 14d *May 1881 (p90, p91, p109) Geraldton, drunk, 20/- or 21d *Jun 1881 (p113, p170) Geraldton, charged loose, idle, drunk & disorderly, 3m *Sep 1881 (p168, p181) Dongara, drunk, 21d *Mar 1882 (p76, p101) Northampton, drunk and incapable x3, 14d x3 *Jul 1882 (p122) Geraldton, drunk & incapable, 21d *Nov 1882 (p201, p209) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Dec 1882 (1883 p8) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Sep 1883 (p163, p176) Geraldton, drunk & incapable, 21d *Oct 1883 (p205) Geraldton, drunk & incapable, 21d *Mar 1884 (p56, p73) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *May 1884 (p93) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Oct 1884 (p168) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Oct 1884 (p186) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Nov 1884 (p188, p202) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Mar 1885 (p52) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *May 1885 (p111) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Aug 1885 (p125, p152) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Sep 1885 (p162) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Sep 1885 (p178) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Jul 1886 (p114) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Nov 1886 (p205) drunk, 21d *Dec 1889 (1890, p1, p37) Geraldton, vagrancy, 2m *Jul 1890 (p117) Geraldton, drunk, 7d *Dec 1890 (1891 p7, p26) Geraldton, vagrant, 1m *Aug 1893 (p136, p183) Geraldton, vagrant, 3m *Mar 1894 (p66, p184) Geraldton, vagrant, 6m *Jan 1895 (p32) Geraldton, drunk, 21d *Jan 1895 (p25, p165) Geraldton, vagrancy, released, 6m *Oct 1895 (p200) Geraldton, vagrant, 21d *Jun 1896 (p152) Geraldton, idle & disorderly, 6m *Feb 1897 habitual drunk, 6m *Apr 1897 (p111) Geraldton, idle & disorderly, 3m *Jul 1897 (p208) Geraldton, idle & disorderly, 6m *Feb 1898 (p100) Geraldton, drunk, 21d Aug 1898 Perth, arrested as vagrant, judge took pity on him and arranged his transport to ‘the Plains (The West Australian 04 Aug 1898; 23 Aug 1898, p4) *Dec 1899 (p387) Perth, vagrant, 12m, he had been sent to the Old Men’s Depot in Perth 4 times but had walked back to Geraldton - he wanted to die there so he was allowed to stay in gaol for twelve months, as he had nowhere else to go (The Western Mail, 16 Dec 1899; The Murchison Times, 16 Dec 1899, p2; The WA Record, 23 Dec 1899) |
| WA RECONVICTIONS | |
| COMMENTS | |
| REFERENCES | Australian Convict Transportation Register 1853 - 1863, p8; SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R21B; Convict Description Register Acc 128/41; Cons 527/1893 - 2056; *WA Police Gazette |
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