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Elizabeth Bamford was transported on the Lord Wellington, departing 30th Apr 1819 and arriving 20th Jan 1820 with 125 passengers.
Lord Wellington (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 165 (84). http://www.jenwilletts.com |
| 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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Our police officers having obtained information of a large party of negociators of forged notes of the Bank of England, resident in this town and its vicinity, and suspected of carrying on this nefarious traffic to a great extent, they proceeded on Monday se'ennight to search for them, and with much difficulty succeeded in taking eight persons into custody; the capture was effected between the hours eleven at night and three in the morning. We regret to say that a serjeant of the 52d regiment, well known in the recruiting service of this place for the last twelve years, was found one of the offenders. The cases were so numerous that the examination lasted from Wednesday morning, by adjournment, until Monday noon, when they were committed to Warwick. Our Headborough and Mr. Payn went on the Tuesday following to the house of the mother of the greater part of the offenders, and after searching some time, found, secreted on the stairs, nearly 1800 counterfeit sixpences and 600 shillings, all papered and packed up for sale; and on the Thursday following the same premises were again searched, and several valuable French shawls and some lace were found, which had been taken in part payment for forged notes. The notes are the best executed of any yet discovered. The names of the parties are Ann Bamford, Benjamin Bamford, Elizabeth Bamford, Rebecca Bamford, Joseph Bradney, Mary Ann Bradney, William Sandeland, and William Andrews; and what is remarkable, six of them have relatives on board a convict ship, now preparing to sail for New South Wales, for the same offence. Manchester Mercury, 13 Jan 1818.
LENT ASSIZES. Warwick. J. Bradney charged with uttering forged Bank note, to which pleaded Guilty. The Judge humanely advised him to put himself upon his trial; but upon his persisting in the determination to plead Guilty, that plea was recorded, and sentence of Death passed upon him. Mary Bradney (wife to the last-mentioned prisoner), Rebecca and Elizabeth Bamford, Amelia and Benjamin Hirons, were also capitally indicted for uttering forged Bank Notes. They all pleaded Guilty, and his Lordship immediately passed sentence of Death upon them. Public Ledger, 9 April 1818.
ADM 101/45/1 1819-1820 Diary for the Lord Wellington female convict ship sailing from England to New South Wales, covering 27 April 1819 to 27 January 1820, by Edward Foord Bromley, MD, Surgeon, Royal Navy and Superintendent of Convicts. (Described at item level) Folio 3: Mary Blackmore; Mary Smith; Maria Jones; Rachel Richards; Elizabeth Bamford; Margaret Hennessy. All these women were dreadfully scalded on the 28th May 1819 (when the ship was in the Queens Channel) by the coppers capsizing in a sudden squall. The [Ag Calais?] was applied to the scalded parts and kept wet. Their bowels were kept open with saline purgatives and when such inflammatory action took place they were bled and kept on low diet several of them got well in the course of a month but Maria Jones who was by far the worst was not cured for three months. The remainder of the women were discharged in July [1819].
1820 - Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868. Age: 37. Birth Year: abt 1783 Trial Place: Warwick 1822 - 29 Aug. Re permission to marry at Castlereagh. Page: 229 Aaron Miller. Convict per Larkins. Eliz. Bamford. Convict per Lord Wellington 1825 - Elizabeth Bamford. Convict. Lord Wellington. 1820. Life/ WIFE to Aaron Miller Windsor 1828 - Ticket of Leave. No; 28/202. 18th Aug 1828 Native Place; Calling; House Maid 20 March 1818 Date of Trial: 20 March 1818 Sentence; Life. Year of Birth; 1783. Height; 5 ft. Complexion; Fair Hair; Red Eyes; Grey Allowed to remain in the District of Brisbane Waters. Altered to Sydney District 31 March 1829. 1834- Conditional Pardon 16 October 1834. Aged 51. Offence; Street Robbery
Elizabeth Bamford was convicted at Warwick and given a life transportation sentence. Transported to New South Wales, Australia on the 'Lord Wellington' 1819. 27/01/1820: disembarked from the Lord Wellington and transferred to Windsor. Dec 1824: on list of convicts assigned to George Druitt. 30/06/1828: Ticket of Leave granted. 1828: servant employed by F.A. Hely, Brisbane Water. 18/10/1834: Conditional Pardon granted.