Joseph Soames (Exiles Ship ) 1847

[Lazarus]

Tony Cocks  ( BAC3 ) is working on the Parkhurst Boys towards his Phd.
I think he should be cosulted.

Rex

[Woodabyna]

Tony has been most generous with his information which was quiet extensive just for my one family member so his database must be massive. From what he shared with me, there is 4,000 "Parkhurst Boys" over the period 1838-1864. It would be wonderful if we could find some backing/finances to help complete his research.

Having never heard of these boys or type of Australian "convict/exile" 2 weeks ago I certainly have a greater understanding now.

[laren]

Tony Cocks  ( BAC3 ) is working on the Parkhurst Boys towards his Phd.
I think he should be cosulted.

Rex

Rex,

Don't get me wrong, I/we wouldn't just be taking information off the thread. People would need to actively contribute to the page ie send the stuff to me or give permission for its use.

And while Tony is looking at the Exiles program as a whole, this would just be for the Joseph So(a)mes. Just seems a waste not to consolidate the information into a more useful format.

Cheers,
Laren

[Lazarus]

Hello Laren
My " Exile" was Thomas Knight ex "Eden" 1849.
He was intended for Geelong but was onshipped to Portland Bay on another ship.
Worth keeping in mind.
I have the book Convicts of the Port Phillip District by Keith M Clarke.An excellent reference for "Exiles " to Victoria.
Seems "Joseph Somes" may have arrived Point Henry-Geelong.

Cheers
Rex

[Val15]

Does anyone have any information regarding Charles Tait, a Parkhurst Boy who was sent to Australia on the Joseph Soames in 1846?  He was 12 years of age.

[BAC3]

Val15,

Sadly there was no Charles TAIT on the "Joseph Somes"

However, there was a Parkhurst Boy, Charles William Wright TAITT, who was transported on the "Randolph" and for whom I have a fairly reasonable Biography.   If you would check your details I am more than happy to let you have a copy of the narrative.

For the moment,

BAC3

[Val15]

Thank you but Charles William Wright Taitt is not the one.  My Charles Tait left England on the Joseph Soames on 18th December, 1845 for Van Diemen's Land, arriving in1846, according to the convict records.  I know that he went to live in New Zealand in 1858 and lived there for the rest of his life.  I wondered if anyone had any details of his time in Australia or information about his family back in England.
Val

[BAC3]

Val15,

I think your original message was slightly misleading.......Charles TAIT was NOT a Parkhurst Boy but an ordinary convict and not of interest to me as such.    There was indeed a Charles TAIT on the "Joseph Somes" quoted on the ship's full passenger listing and not on the shortened "Parkhurst Boys" counterpart at              http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/park9.htm

Good luck in your research

BAC3

[Val15]

BAC3,
Sorry about that.  I assumed that because he was only 12 years of age he would have been treated as a boy prisoner and sent to Parkhurst before being sent to Australia.  I have found a site that has given me more information but couldn't open the link you gave.  Thank you for your help.

Val