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The emigrant ship Simon Taylor sailed from London on April 30, 1842. She was under the command of Thomas Brown and arrived off Fremantle in the Swan River Colony 111 days later on August 20, 1842.

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There were 242 passengers in all - 5 traveled in the cabins and the rest in steerage. Of those, 219 were assisted migrants and 18 were Parkhurst boys. W® ^[1]

The 18 Parkhurst lads were convicted children from the Isle of Wight and by 1852 a further 316 had been sent to the Swan River and apprenticed to local settlers. Other boys were sent to Tasmania, New Zealand, Victoria and even Norfolk Island.

Voyage aboard the Simon Taylor 1842 - via the pages of Jenny Brandis
The boys were to be regarded as ordinary emigrants but were subject to the guardian appointed for the voyage. The guardian was Samuel Caporn.

Parkhurst Boys 1842-1862

The Boys

Number | Name | Age | Family/Single | Occupation | Quarantine | Comments

313 | BOLTON Henry 14 S | Tailor 43 days | Parkhurst Boy

316 | DIXON Charles 16 S | Tailor 61 days Parkhurst Boy

306 | DOUGHTY George 16 S | Shoemaker 30 days Parkhurst Boy

307 | Harwood Joshua 16 S | Tailor 32 days Parkhurst Boy; Could be Harewood ??? | . . . . . (trove)

Joshua Josiah Harwood, son of David and Mary (nee LARBY) of Sussex, (ENG), b. 27 Jan 1826 (ENG), bp. 12 Feb 1826 (Ebenezer Old Street Road, Bible Christian Church, Shouditch, London) [IGI], d. 28 May 1897 (W.A), m. 1846 (Adelaide, S.A.), Jeanette TUCKNOTT, b. 1829, d. 30 June 1890 aged 61 years. ^[2]

309 | HASLER Benjamin 14 S | Tailor 38 days Parkhurst Boy. Alternative surnames were HALLER, HAYTOR & HAZLER ???

xxx | HOGAN Samuel 15 S | Tailor 8 days Parkhurst Boy

317 | LANE John Edward 16 S | Tailor 27 days Parkhurst Boy

301 | Mortimer James 18 S | Tailor 53 days Parkhurst Boy. JAMES (18) on Ship List & JOHN (17) on Quarantine List.

303 | MURPHY Jeremiah 15 S | Tailor 31 days | Parkhurst Boy

311 | MURRELL John 17 S | Tailor 9 days Parkhurst Boy

314 | NEALE Samuel 15 S | Tailor 61 days Parkhurst Boy. SAMUEL on Quarantine List & JAMES on ship List.

302 | NORTON John 16 S | Shoemaker 31 days Parkhurst Boy

305 | Strickland Robert 14 S | Tailor 22 days | Parkhurst Boy

Robert Strickland, b. cir 1828 (ENG), d. 1872 (Ballarat, VIC.), m. Sarah DEEHEE (DEANE) and had 4 daughters. ^[3]
Robert was a Parkhurst Boy who was apprenticed as a baker. On completion of his apprenticeship he left Western Australia and met his wife in South Australia. He became a baker at Smythes Creek on the Victorian goldfields and died in Ballarat Hospital in 1872.

308 | TAYLOR Samuel 17 S | Tailor 44 days Parkhurst Boy

310 | Towton Henry 17 S | Tailor 38 days Parkhurst Boy ^[4]

315 | Tyne John 14 S | Tailor 61 days Parkhurst Boy

312 | WILSON Henry 17 S | Tailor 38 days Parkhurst Boy

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Number *^[5] | . . . . . [ (trove) ] : article |

Sources

1. ↑ Perth DPS
2. ↑ "HARWOOD" Passenger Biographies DPS
3. ↑ "Strickland" Passenger Biographies DPS
4. ↑ Parkhurst Boys from DEVONSHIRE Henry Towton, and others.
5. ↑ [*] The number is from Andrew Gill's book: Convict Assignment in WA 1842-1851. p.224

• [https://perthdps.com/shipping/simon-t.htm

BDM registration : (1841-1932) - Pioneers Index - joist - wa.gov format change 1906/1954

• Author Buddee, Paul (Paul Edgar), 1913-2002 - (MN 1214 via slwa.wa.gov.au)