Hi Joan Try HO107/415/6/3etc There are 629 persons enumerated on the Leviathan Convict Hulk in the 1841 census If you have a particular person I would be glad to look him up for you Brian Shelley WA ----- Original Message ----- From: "joan" <jojo.col@virgin.net> To: <ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 5:38 AM Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Convict hulks and 1841C > Hello. I've recd conflicting answers to the question "Were convict hulks > included in the 1841C?" - particularly in Portsmouth. My rellie was on the > LEVIATHAN in February 1838, having been committed and sentenced in > Suffolk. I had assumed he would be sent out soon afterwards but have since > learned that prisoners were often kept on hulks for several years. I've > also been told that sometimes prisoners were sent to work outside the > prison ships if they had special skills. Is that a possibility? If anyone > can help I would be most grateful. Thnak you. Joan in Surrey UK > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message

Hello Brian. May I enlist your help again, please. I have the report from the Suffolk, UK newspaper that James JOSELYN/JOSLIN/JOSSELYN (whatever) was on the Leviathan in 1838. I was given a convict number - 1761 - which I passed on to a VKS on list, who was looking for further info on his whereabouts. She told me that each person is given a number for a particular hulk and that particular number was for the Hull hulk, and James would have had another number for the Leviathan. Being a bit "thick" it has only just dawned on me that the HULL would be a ship. I realise I must go back to anther website to ascertain where the HULL was between 1838 and 1844, but in the meantime, if you do have access to the 1841C for Portsmouth could you easily tell if the HULL is on the 1841C - when you have the time. Thank you so much. Joan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Vine" <bovine@upnaway.com> To: <eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Convict hulks and 1841C > > Hi Joan > Try HO107/415/6/3etc > There are 629 persons enumerated on the Leviathan Convict Hulk in the 1841 > census > If you have a particular person I would be glad to look him up for you > Brian > Shelley WA