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Transportation
Margaret Aitchison was transported on the Tory, departing 17th Mar 1845 and arriving 4th Jul 1845 with 172 passengers.
Built 1842 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 512 Tons. Three (3) sailings transporting convicts to Australia: 1845; 1846/47 & 1848. Passengers on the 1846 voyage are still being listed, on this site. Please note this if searching records.
Tory (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 260 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
In November 1844 at the High Court of Justiciary, Jane Taylor or Aitchison and Margaret Aitchison were convicted of thefts on the 1 or 2 October 1844 of saucepans and covers from a shop in George Street. Both received transportation for 7 years - see Scotsman newspaper 27 November 1844 p 4 on 'High Court of Justiciary'. See also McGowan, John (2022) Policing the Metropolis of Scotland, 1833-1861 (Edinburgh City Archives) Volume 1, p 1338.
Jane Taylor or Aitchison, Margaret Aitchison (mother and daughter), and Mary Smith, for theft of stone-ware from a shop in George Street, aggravated in the cases of the two first by previous convictions for theft, weresentenced, the Aitchsons, to seven years’ transportation, and Smith to one year’s confinement in the Perth prison. Witness (Edinburgh) 27 Nov 1844. -------------------------------------------------- The mother, Jane Taylor, was transported to VDL by the ship Lloyds, arriving in November 1845.