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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Emma Blakey was transported on the Cadet, departing 10th Nov 1848 and arriving 12th Apr 1849 with 152 passengers.
Built 1841 at the Isle of Man. Wood barque of 465 Tons.
Cadet (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 356 |
| 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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Convict Notes
Emma Blakey, 19 yrs, single, can not read nor write, a factory worker, convicted of robbery in company, with violence, sentenced to 10 yrs at York Castle on the 24 May 1848. Once imprisoned as disorderly. Prison Registers and Statistical Returns - page 193 1843-1850 HO 24/12
Born 28 April 1831: Parents Abraham BLAKEY and Lucy DUCKWORTH at Leeds Yorkshire England. 1849: Cascades Female Factory; 1850 hired from CFF by Henry Lloyd, New Norfolk, VDL; absconded with food, caught and returned to CFF; removed from CFF in July 1850 to Ross Female Factory, pregnant; November 1850 baby girl, Maria BLAKEY, born at RFF; Maria died 07/02/1852 at Ross; Emma hired out by Simeon Lord, Bona Vista, Avoca, Tasmania; February 1853 married William SMITH (real name John William LEE per Pestongee Bomangee 1845) at Avoca, Tasmania; William Smith changed his name back to his birth name, John William LEE and Emma LEE in 1854; Emma granted a Conditional Pardon in 1855 and John a Certificate of Freedom in 1856; Emma and John had two children by 1856 and moved to the Tamar Valley where he worked as a shepherd; about 1875 Emma and John and their seven children moved to Lefroy where they set up Mr Lee's Temperance Hall and Coffee Palace. John died in 1891 at Lefroy and Emma ran the Coffee Palace for 2 more years; She sold the business and moved to Launceston to live with her daughter, Emma LINTON; Emma died in 1924 at Launceston and is buried with John in Lefroy General Cemetery.