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Andrew Farrell
Details
Alias:
Irish Rebel: WB
Religion: Catholic
Age on arrival: 24
Marital status: Married 1 child
Calling/trade: Labourer farm
Born: 1809 Native place: Kilkenny Co
Tried: 1832 Kilkenny Sentence: 7 Former convictions:
Ship: Portland (2) [1833]
Crime: Attacking dwelling
Description:
Remarks:
Spouse:
Died:
(It is interesting to note that Andrew's marital status is married with 1 child when he arrived in the colony. It was common practice, though a serious offence, when convicts realised they may never be reunited with their families, to declare themselves single and remarry.)
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PORTLAND
Captain William Ascough. Surgeon Superintendent Charles Inches
Embarked: 193 men
Voyage: 125 days
Deaths: 9
Surgeon's Journal: yes
Tons 385
Previous vessel: Diana arrived 25 May 1833
Next vessel: Asia arrived 27 June 1833
Charles Inches kept a Medical Journal from 18th December 1832 to 13 July 1833
On 28 December 1832, the Guard embarked on the Portland at Deptford. The Guard consisted of 1 subaltern of the 26th regiment, one sergeant, one corporal and 27 rank and file of 21st Fusiliers accompanied by 5-6 women and 11 children under command of Captain Frazer of 26th regt., Passengers included Lieut. Wallace, D.A.C.G. Brackenbury, Mrs. Brackenbury, Miss Brackenbury and Miss Frazer.
On the 1st January 1833 they dropped down the river to Gravesend, and another subaltern of the 16th regiment joined the ship. On the 3rd January 1833 they proceeded to the Cove of Cork, arriving there on 11th January. They remained at the Cove of Cork for six weeks while arrangements for the convicts were made. Cholera was still rampant in Ireland and as well the prisoners had a very restricted allowance of food in their diet on the hulk amounting to only 20 ounces a week per man, so that by the time they were embarked on the Portland their health was in a poor way. Later the surgeon remarked that the longer they stayed on the Portland, the better their health got. On 2nd February 184 male convicts were embarked and on the 9th February eight more men were received on board.
The Portland was the next convict ship to depart Ireland for New South Wales after the female convict ship Surry left in November 1832. The Portland departed Cork on 21st February 1833 with 193 male convicts.
There was an unusual degree of sickness on the Portland, which the surgeon attributed to the convicts of Ireland being much inferior in health and vigour than the convicts in England. As well their clothes were worse, being more or less worn and thin. By the time they reached the cooler weather in the southern latitudes the surgeon reported that their clothes were in tatters.....By this time, notwithstanding the pains actually taken by most of the poor fellows their clothing very generally gave way and with difficulty was held together, however by procuring patches of old canvas and sewing them to the most needy, they continued to keep themselves covered and to get into Sydney in good condition as to health.
The Portland had touched at Lisbon however in consequence of one man on board dying of cholera, on entering the Tagus, the ship was immediately ordered off. During the voyage two more deaths occurred from cholera. The last case of this appeared in March. Six people also died from fever and other diseases. According to Charles Inches' journal nine people died altogether. The Portland arrived in Sydney Cove on 26 June 1833. In consequence of rumoured illness on board, despatch of the mails that had arrived was delayed until an examination of the vessel had taken place. The prisoners were landed on Saturday 13th July 1833.
Dr. Bowman on behalf of the Board of Health boarded the Portland and submitted his report to the Executive Committee who sat at a late hour to receive the report. He pronounced the vessel healthy and the convicts were mustered on board on 1st July and landed on Saturday 13th July 1833. The detachments of the 21st Fusiliers that arrived by the Asia and the Portland, proceeded on the Funchal to join the strength of the Regiment stationed at Hobart.
The indents reveal such information as name, age, religion, education, marital status, family, native place, offence, sentence, date and place of trial and physical description. There is no indication in the indents as to whom the men were assigned on arrival. In the Sydney Herald on 22 July 1833 distribution of the men was reported:
161 assigned to private service
9 assigned to the Commissariat Department
4 assigned to the Surveyor General's Department
4 sent to Port Macquarie
2 sent to Carter's Barracks (boys)
4 unfit for assignment
The Portland sailed for Launceston in the first week of September. Passengers included William James Cox, Mrs. Eliza Cox, Misses Rebecca, Mary and Georgiana Cox, Mrs. Thompson and two children, Miss Blanchford, Dr. Inches, Mr. Edward Lord, Mr. J.S. Uther, Mary Reeves, John McMahon, Andrew Galligher, John Davis, James Murray, John Gray and Michael Power, Henry Tully and John Stewart. Two of the seaman William Ambrose and John Raine, refused to sail on her stating, that they had signed articles under Captain Ascough, and that they were not forced to serve under a new captain. They could not, nor would serve under Captain Coghill who was taking over as captain of the Portland. They were sentenced to 7 days hard labour in the Gaol.
The Portland was wrecked seventeen miles to the East of the George Town Heads in October 1833. All but two survived the wreck. The infant daughter of Mr. Cox was washed from it's mother's arms and although rescued from the sea by a sailor could not be saved. The carpenter of the ship also drowned. The Master of the vessel was lying dangerously ill at George Town.
Charles Inches was also employed as surgeon on the William Glen Anderson in 1831 (VDL), Westmoreland in 1835, the John in 1837 and the London in 1844 (VDL)
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The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Thursday 27 June 1833, page 2
THURSDAY JUNE 27, 1833.
THE ship Portland, Capt. ASCOUGH, from Ireland, with male prisoners, arrived in the harbour yesterday. That important event - the meeting of the Reformed Parliament - which was to appointed to take place in January last, occasioned many a Quidaunc to keep his eye upon the signal station for some time past; so that when it was ascertained that a ship from Ireland, the 21st of February, had entered the Heads, the town was in no ordinary bustle. A report, however, got abroad that the Cholera was on board, and that nine of the prisoners died on the passage, three of them of Cholera, in March last. Dr. BOWMAN, accompanied by an officer of the Customs, proceeded in a boat along-side, and afterwards made a report to the proper authorities of the state of the vessel, the result of which was, that she was prevented from coming up the harbour, and all communication with the shore strictly prohibited.
Yesterday evening, however, about 8 o'clock, the prohibitory order was rescinded; but as it was nearly ten before the mail was landed, we have only been able to select a few scraps of the most in interesting intelligence.
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Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), Thursday 3 June 1858, page 3
INDIAN RELIEF FUND - NINTH SUBSCRIPTION LIST:-
COLLECTED AT RICHMOND,
By Rev. J. Elder, and Dr. Selkirk,
Mr. Andrew Farrell 30 pounds 5 shillings 0 pence
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New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930
11th July, 1866, Page 256.
Apprehensions
Andrew Farrell, charged with setting fire to the premises of William Carver, Yarra Mundi, near Richmond, on the 27th ultimo, has been arrested by the Windsor Police. Remanded.
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New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930
1st August, 1866, Page 285.
Vide Police Gazette, 11th July, 1866, page 256.
Andrew Farrell, charged with setting fire to the premises of William Carver, Yarramundi, has been discharged.
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Friday 3 August 1866, page 3
WINDSOR
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT)
POLICE OFFICE -Saturday. Before Mr S. H. Terry, J. P., Andrew Farrell, farmer, of Upper Richmond, was brought up charged with having feloniously set fire to a dwelling house of one William Carver, of Yarra Munday. From the evidence it appeared that on the night of Tuesday, the 26th June, Carver went to a wedding at the Nepean, a few miles off, no one was left in charge of his house, which was of two rooms, and built of slabs; in the evening he returned to Upper Richmond with his wife, and met the prisoner at Greenalgh's public-house; drinking was going on, and all the parties were more or less tipsy; a dispute arose, the prisoner took up a quart-pot full of water, and flung it at Mrs Carver, a scuffle ensued, and she scratched his face; when it was over, prisoner came round to the back of the counter and said, " Greenhalgh, look at my face; " Greenhalgh replied, " it's nothing, only a bit of a scratch;" prisoner then said, " I'll make it something, I'll slay the place to the ground; " prisoner left the house a little after 10 o'clock to go home; the place where he resided and where Carver's house stood were not far from each other on the same farm, but he had no occasion to pass Carver's to get to his own house, and they did not lie exactly in the same direction; about 12 o'clock at night Carver's house was seen in flames, and was soon burnt to the ground with all the contents; no one could say how it took fire, but suspicion fell on the prisoner, when he was charged with the offence he stoutly denied it, and a witness called in his behalf swore that he came home about half past 10 o'clock the same night, where he remained, and he was not seen near Carver's place that night. Mr Walker contended that not even a prima facie case had been made out to warrant a committal. The expression "slay the place" made use of under excitement did not necessarily mean that the prisoner would set fire to Carver's house, besides, no particular place was mentioned, and no one had seen the prisoner near the house that night. His Worship concurred, and discharged the prisoner.
Researched by Robyn Elizabeth Price (presuming William Carver was Andrew Farrell's brother-in-law)
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The Australian, Windsor, Richmond, and Hawkesbury Advertiser (NSW : 1873 - 1899), Saturday 29 August 1874
To Let.
A FARM of 50 acres at Yarramundi, out of flood reach. lately occupied by MR. ANDREW FARRELL - For further particulars, apply to MR. THOMAS RICHARDS, butcher, Windsor, or to
JOHN CROWLEY,
Richmond.
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Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Andrew Farrell
Death Date: 1879
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's name: Thomas
Registration Year: 1879
Registration Place: Penrith, New South Wales
Registration Number: 8366
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Gravestone reads:
Andrew Farrell
who died March 6, 1879
Aged 70 years
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