To Rhoda, Lorraine and Jenny I want to thank you so much for the information on JAMES PATON transported (1832)to Australia(14yrs). You ladies gave me so much information to check out that I was overwhelmed for a bit. THANKYOU. Here is an interesting bit I found about the hardships this transported man found on board ship. "Katherine Stewart Forbes" A barque built at Northfleet docks in Kent in 1818 to 'second description first class' for the Chapman company. She weighed 457 ton.She made four visits to Adelaide, but only two were from England. It seems she stayed in Australian waters for a few years and was variously employed in the sea-going transport trade. In February 1832 she sailed from Woolwich bound for Van Diemans Land (arriving on 16 July) carrying 222 male convicts under the command of Captain James Berry. An ill fated voyage to begin with as cholera broke out aboard her on the day she sailed from Woolwich, so she anchored in Plymouth Sound but was ordered to put to sea again after receiving medical supplies and the services of an assistant surgeon from the Royal Navy. She returned to the Thames Estuary and was laid up in Stangate Creek until almost the end of March before being allowed to resume her voyage. Of the 222 convicts aboard, 30 men developed cholera and 13 died before she finally set sail for the new land. JAMES went back to Sydney from there he possibly went to Adelaid. Search SA gazetted deaths 1845-1941 Surname: PATON Given name(s): JAMES Death date: 4 Mar 1878 Death place: On board ship, Port Adelaide Regards All Michael