Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Ann Beck was transported on the Sea Queen, departing 8th May 1846 and arriving 29th Aug 1846 with 171 passengers.
Built 1841 at Calcutta. Wood barque of 415 Tons.
Sea Queen (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 59 (31). --0-- Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Register; Registers of convict deaths, 1845-1874. |
| 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 |
Claims
No one has claimed Ann Beck yet.
Convict Notes
OTHER DETAILS: "Surgeon's report on Sea Queen: 'Insane. Great pilferer and very destructive'. Assessed as unfit for service on arrival and no indent taken. 'Mania' Detailed case report from surgeon: Folios 4-5: case no 1, Ann Beck, aged 35, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, mania, disposed to pilfer any and every thing that came in her way, the peculiar manner in which she pursued it - nothing escaped her notice however trifling, and her feet were employed as well as her hands to effect her purpose - then concealing such things in her bosum [sic], up her sleeves, beneath her clothes, and the variety of articles as rags, yarns, shaving, pieces of cloth, that she managed to accumulate; put on sick list 15 May 1846, sent 1 September 1846 to hospital." (http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/ai04043)
CRIME: 2 February 1845 -- convicted for stealing a shirt; 5 times imprisoned for vagrancy (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON41-1-10$init=CON41-1-10p11).
DEATH: 7 November, 1846: Ann Beck died in hospital at New Norfolk. There are no details in this document, but her Conduct Record calls her "insane, a great pilferer and very destructive". It says she was "a thief and a prostitute" (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON41-1-10$init=CON41-1-10p11). Another document lists her as "unfit, sick" (http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/ai04043).