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Transportation
Ann Beard was transported on the Hindostan, departing 6th May 1839 and arriving 12th Sep 1839 with 179 passengers.
Hindostan (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 27 (15) https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18390304-1099 https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpdef1-1099-18390304 Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. |
| 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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http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/c40a889 Ann Beard was listed as 33 years old on arrival. Native Place: Edinburgh. Ann was a widow with 2 children, single, 5' 0½" tall, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, slightly pockpitted. This Offence: Stealing from a man 16/- once for wine transported for 7 years in the Peny 2 years & pardoned a Woman named Andrews {then} transported with me - served time in England. Other Offences: Argus 31 May 1853: drunkenness; Argus 15 May 1855: pickpocketing; Argus 26 Sept 1855: ditto 14/10/1843: Married James Humphries (Argyle 1831). James was listed as 33 and Ann 32. 18/3/1844: TOL 15/1/1846: CP 29/8/1856: Ann died at the Melbourne Hospital of Hepatitis. Possible death for James Humphries - Died 4/2/1879 at the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, Hotham of Rheumatic gout, and paralysis - a widower, no children, aged 69.
ANN BEARD was convicted at the Old Bailey, Middlesex, held at Newgate gaol. Court date: 4 March 1839 Crime: Theft; pocket-picking: stealing monies, value 15 s. of Thomas Marks from his person. (for stealing, on the 4th of March, 5 half-crowns, 2 shillings, and 2 sixpences, the monies of Thomas Marks, from his person.) Transported. Sentence transportation for then ( 10) yrs. The transport ship ‘ Hindostan’ departed: 6th May 1839 and arrived at VA Diemen’s Land, on 14 January 1839. Ann’s age on arrival was 33-34yrs, spinster. Born 1806. Place of birth Edinburgh. Gender female. Height 5' 0.5". Hair brown (dark brown). Eyes hazel. Distinguishing marks pitted pockmarked, mark (pockmarked slightly). Has tattoo no. First recorded 1839. 6 records listed at England and Wales Criminal Registers. British Transportation Registers. Convict Indents (Ship and Arrivals Registers). VDL Founders and Survivors Convicts. Newgate Calendars of prisoners for trial. Old Bailey Proceedings. TASMANIA: absconded eight (8) times between December 9th 1839 and 28th October 1842. Applied to marry James Humphries in September 1843. Marriage date 14 October 1843, Hobart, Tasmania. ________________________________________ PLEASE NOTE: there are several convicts name Ann Beard, and each Ann Beard came out on a different ship, on a different date and to different ports. So, please check the information carefully as some researchers have accidentally confused and posted incorrect information. April 20,21 – entered on https://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/search.php
PLEASE NOTE: there is more than one convict named Ann Beard (one with an alias ‘Beer’) and they came out on different ships, during different years.
I am not a descendant of Ann Beard - just a volunteer researcher. Ann was convicted at the Old Bailey, Middlesex, held at Newgate gaol. Court date: 4 March 1839 Crime: Theft; pocket-picking:stealing monies, value 15 s.of Thomas Marks from his person. (for stealing, on the 4th of March, 5 half-crowns, 2 shillings, and 2 sixpences, the monies of Thomas Marks, from his person.) Transported. Sentence transportation for then ( 10) yrs. The transport ship ‘ Hindostan’ departed: 6th May 1839 and arrived at VA Diemen’s Land, on 14 January 1839. Ann’s age on arrival was 33-34yrs, spinster. Born 1806. Place of birth Edinburgh. Gender female. Height 5' 0.5". Hair brown (dark brown). Eyes hazel. Distinguishing marks pitted pockmarked, mark (pockmarked slightly). Has tattoo no. First recorded 1839. 6 records listed at England and Wales Criminal Registers. British Transportation Registers. Convict Indents (Ship and Arrivals Registers). VDL Founders and Survivors Convicts. Newgate Calendars of prisoners for trial. Old Bailey Proceedings. TASMANIA: absconded eight (8) times between December 9th 1839 and 28th October 1842. Applied to marry James Humphries in September 1843. Marriage date 14 October 1843, Hobart, Tasmania. AS yet I have not been able to locate Ann's parents.