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Transportation
Mary Bosworth was transported on the Buffalo, departing 4th May 1833 and arriving 5th Oct 1833 with 183 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 90 |
| 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
12/1/1833 Staffordshire Advertiser Staffordshire, England: Mary Bosworth, (an old offender,) for stealing 3l. from the person of Samuel Taylor, at Wolverhampton, 7 years. Mary Bosworth was 27 years old on arrival. Native Place: Shropshire. Occupation: Barmaid. Mary could read, was protestant, married, was 4'10¼" tall, fair pale complexion, pock pitted, dark brown hair, brown eyes, scar over right eyebrow, mole on right chest, JB on upper left arm. 19/8/1836: Permission to marry James Marsh (Norfolk) he was 25 and on bond - Mary was 30 and on bond; married. No registration on the NSW BDM. 22/8/1840: COF 23/5/1862: Empire, Sydney: COUNTRY NEWS PARRAMATTA. Monday, May 19th. Before G. Langley and J. Neale, Esqrs. Mary Bosworth, for being drunk, was discharged. The same defendant was then charged with stealing a one pound note from one Denis Murphy ; remanded till next day.—Tuesday, May 20th, Before G. Langley and J. Neale, Esqrs. Mary Bosworth, on remand, for stealing a one pound note, was discharged, the prosecutor not appearing, and a witness for the prisoner stated that she had seen the plaintiff (on the day on which the alleged the robbery took place) drunk, laying by a fence, some 80 yards away from the prisoner's residence. No marriage or date of death found.