Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Blackford was transported on the George Hibbert, departing 22nd Jul 1834 and arriving 1st Dec 1834 with 145 passengers.
George Hibbert (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 403 (203) NSW Burial Transcription (early Church Records) Reg#16 V318/1846 |
| 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
"Previous wife to my ancestor."
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Convict Notes
NSW BMD Marriage Ref: 934/1844. Thomas Gilson and Mary Blackford, JA district. (Presbyterian . Sydney Scots Church)
Register: Church of England burials in the parish of the Holy Trinity in the County of Cumberland NSW in year 1846.
New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869 for Mary Blackford 42/2946 dated 2/12/1842. Allowed to stay in Parramatta. Altered to stay in Sydney to remain with her husband Thomas Gillson or Gibson re letter from PM Parramatta. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 2/4/1844 Mary Blackford 38 ToL (14yrs) per ship George Hibbert granted to marry Thomas Gillso alia Gibson 33 free (7yrs) per ship Lord Lyndock Rev John Dunmore Lang Sydney
Old Bailey Online 412. MARY BLACKFORD was indicted for stealing, on the 31st of January , 1 watch, value 27s.; 1 seal, value 5s.; and one watch chain, value 6d., the goods of Thomas Mackenzie , from his person . THOMAS MACKENZIE. I am a weaver , and live in Hunt-street, Mile-end New-town - on the 31st of January, at near twelve o'clock at night, the prisoner accosted me in William-street, Shoreditch - I was sober - she asked me to accompany her home - I said, "No," I was going to my own home - she then laid hold of my arm, and we walked about thirty yards - I then felt something at my pocket - I put my hand and missed the whole of my money out of my trowsers pocket - I accused her of taking it - I then missed my watch, and I saw her putting my watch on the ground - I asked her to give it me back, but she refused - the officer came up, and I gave her in charge - I lost three-halfpence and one half-crown - this is my watch. WILLIAM LOVETT (police-constable G 30). I was coming down William-street at the time - I saw the prosecutor and the prisoner - the prosecutor said, "I shall give you this woman in charge, as she has robbed me of my watch, half-a-crown, and three-halfpence, but the watch I have found again" - I found on the prisoner three-halfpence, a pipe, and some bread and cheese. Prisoner's Defence. He gave me in charge for taking a half-crown and three-halfpence - he took the watch to the station-house himself, and said he found it on the ground, which he did not. GUILTY . Aged 29. - Transported for Fourteen Years .
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Bound Indentures 1834-1835 From London Single protestant who could not read or write. 4' 11 1/4" dark ruddy complexion brown hair and hazel eyes. C42/2946