Name: | Elizabeth Blair |
Aliases: | Eliza Blair, Allsop |
Gender: | f |
Date of Birth: | 1826 |
Occupation: | Nurse girl/servant |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Female median life span was 58 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Housebreaking |
Convicted at: | Glasgow Court of Justiciary |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Garland Grove |
Departure date: | 14th June, 1841 |
Arrival date: | 10th October, 1841 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 178 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 344. Tasmanian Archives - convict conduct record & indent. Newspapers online http://trove.nla.gov.au |
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 Project. |
Carol Axton-Thompson on 15th September, 2013 wrote:
Elizabeth or Eliza Blair was convicted at Glasgow, Scotland on 06/01/1841 for housebreaking. Previous conviction. 7yr transportation sentence. To Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Garland Grove’, arriving 10/10/1841.
Aged only 15yrs; 4’8”; brown hair; brown eyes; fresh complexion, freckled; nursegirl; single.
Assignments in Colony & Female Factory Launceston.
Eliza Blair, Garland Grove, in assigned service, Campbell Town. (ref. Cornwall Chronicle 24 Jan 1844)
Application for permission to marry:
William Allsop (free) ref. 937/1844-37 Launceston. Married 26/06/1844.
Child born: John Allsop b. 03/10/1845 Launceston (ref. 1026/1845-33). Parents: William Allsop & Elizabeth Blair.
Ticket of Leave 04/11/1845
Carol Axton-Thompson on 15th September, 2013 wrote:
There is a death record for an Elizabeth Allsop, aged 33yrs, 30/05/1853, Launceston. (ref. 918/1853-35) - maybe this Elizabeth?
Carol Axton-Thompson on 15th September, 2013 made the following changes:
source, alias1, alias2, date of birth 1826, gender, occupation, crime
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