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Transportation
Elizabeth Baker was transported on the Buffalo, departing 4th May 1833 and arriving 5th Oct 1833 with 183 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
BuffaloReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 89 (46) |
| 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
1833 - Convict lists. Sent to Maitland for Distribution 1834 - 1 May. Sydney Goal Entrance Book. No 1218. Year of birth; 1800. 1st Class. To the Factory 2 May 1834 1835 - 2 May. No; 560. Sydney Goal Entrance Book. Domestic. Sentence; A cell for 14 days. Sentence expired 16 May 1835 1835 - 26 Jun. Sydney Goal Entrance Book. No 1563. 3rd Class. To Factory 30 Jun. ---------------------------
New South Wales, Australia, Hospital & Asylum Records. Tarban Creek, New South Wales, Australia Female Convicts now free. No; 10 Elizabeth Baker. Year of Birth; 1803. Age; 36. Ship; Buffalo Entrance Date; 19 Jan 1839 Place; Parramatta Factory Date of Freedom; 10 Nov 1841.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Indent No; 84 Name; Elizabeth Baker Age; 34. [1799] Read & Write. Single Native Place; Herefordshire Trade or calling; Laundry maid Trial where & Date; Middlesex - 14 Feb 1833 - Stealing tea candle Sentence; 7 years Height; 5 ft. 0 1/4 in Eyes; Hazel Hair; Brown Completion; Fair ruddy and slightly pock pitted Remarks; A lunatic vide letter; 46/2669. ------------------
1877: Elizabeth Baker, per Buffalo, native place Herefordshire, is on a return of convicts who died in NSW in 1877 (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891 Convicts Deaths; Annual Returns of Convicts Who Died, 1867-1891).