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Transportation
Elizabeth Attwood was transported on the Tory, departing 26th Apr 1848 and arriving 6th Aug 1848 with 170 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 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 305 (154). Tasmanian Archives. Queens Orphan School http://www.orphanschool.org.au |
| 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
Daughter of Elizabeth ATTWOOD - Emma ATTWOOD/SPRATT. Accompanied her mother of the voyage to Australia per the ship Tory. Admitted to the Queens Orphan School, New Town, nr Hobart on 10 Aug 1848, aged 13 yrs. Discharged from Home on 27 March 1849 to Rev. William Day at Oatlands. (ref. SWD7/28) Emma ATWOOD married Henry SURMAN on 9 May 1853 at St. George's Anglican Church, Hobart. (ref. 37/1/12 no. 366) Several children born to Emma and Henry.
C1832: Elizabeth Attwood had a relationship with Charles Spratt (Prince George 1837 to NSW) - they had a child Emma born in 1833. April 1835: They were living in Birmingham and robbed a man of two shillings and five pence. Elizabeth was pregnant, they were committed to take their trials at the sessions. September 1835 son Charles Attwood was born. Charles Spratt was found guilty and sentenced to 7 years transportation. Elizabeth was found guilty and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in Birmingham. Elizabeth was convicted on 7/8/1844 receiving stolen goods - 6 months imprisonment, and on 7.1.1848 Larceny from the person - for which she was transported for 7 years. She arrived with daughter Emma on the 'Tory 1848' to VDL. Son Charles stayed in London with George Spratt the half-brother of Charles Spratt. Elizabeth was 5'0" tall, light brown hair, grey eyes, scar left side of under lip, scar right wrist, C Spratt (tattoo) upper left arm indistinct, reads but not write, unmarried - 2 children. 13/5/1850: Married William Bowdler (Layton) at St Georges, Battery Point. 7/1/1855: COF William Bowdler died on 9/7/1860 aged 50. Elizabeth moved to Hobart and worked as a charwoman. She later became housekeeper to Charles Frost. 9/5/1889: Married Charles Frost at his residence in New Norfolk - she was listed as a widow, aged 59. Charles Frost, aged 55, a tailor. Charles died December 1891. 13/3/1892: Elizabeth died at her daughter Emma's home in Bellerive and was buried in Bellerive. Son Charles Atwood married his cousin, Emma Spratt of 30/4/1855, she was the daughter of George Spratt - Charles Attwood died in September 1862. 12/2/1861: Charles Spratt died in Merriwa, NSW.