Samuel Henry THOMPSON was baptised November 27, 1839 - Parish of Trowell in the County of Nottingham.

He was charged with the crime of robbery with violence whilst in company with one Henry Corden on the night of October 24, 1861. Samuel was aged 22 and a collier. On August 8, 1862 he was found guilty and sentenced at Nottingham to 12 years penal servitude.

He departed Portland, England on September 25, 1863 as Reg. No. 7569 bound for the Swan River Colony aboard the Lord Dalhousie; a 912 ton ship which was built at Sunderland in 1847. It was employed as a convict transport for Western Australia. The voyage took 90 days with 89 passengers and 270 convicts. George Harvey and Mr. Fasken were the captain and surgeon respectively.

Samuel married Ellen Tobin on August 29, 1867 in Geraldton, Western Australia.