Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Charlotte Bramwell was transported on the Maria, departing 15th May 1818 and arriving 7th Sep 1818 with 128 passengers.
Built 1836 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 460 Tons
Maria (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 24 |
| 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
NSW Census Index. Samuel Bowyer, age 48, F.S. Indian, 1811, 14 years, protestant, Brickmaker, Sussex street, Sydney. Charlotte, age 35, F.S. Maria, 1818, 7 years, protestant. Samuel, jun, aged 9, B.C. Edward Bowyer, aged 7, B.C.
colonial Secreaty Index. FRENCH, Charlotte. Per "Maria" 1818 Dec 7,17 Re permission to marry at Sydney (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.198) Permission to Marry. Approved. Sydney 7 Dec 1818. Samuel Bowyer, free, and Charlotte French, Convict per Maria.
… and Charlotte Bramwell, for stealing a table-cloth, at Preston ; were sentenced to seven years transportation. Lancaster Gazette, 26 July 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Charlotte had a colonial conviction in 1837 and was sentenced to Moreton Bay penal settlement. ------------------------------------------------- On Tuesday a woman named Charlotte French went into the house of a Mrs. Ellis in Elizabeth-street, on a matter of business; she had to pass a bedroom the door of which was open; upon a table within lay a watch which was Seen there a few minutes before her leaving the house, upon her departure it was immediately missed, pursuit was given by two young females who resided therein 1837; upon coming up with her, they charged her with purloining the watch which she denied, but it was found in and taken from her bosom. She was given into custody. Sydney Gazette, 8 Dec 1836. -------------------------------------------------- Quarter Sessions. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1837 Charlotte French, stealing, guilty, five years to penal settlement. Sydney Gazette, 7 Jan 1837. -------------------------------------------------- Moreton Bay Convict Record Charlotte the wife of Joseph Bramwell, convicted in this colony in the name of Charlotte French, per Maria, tried at Lancaster Q.S. 17 July 1817, 7 years. Needleworker. Colonial conviction: Q. Sessions Sydney, 3 Jan 1837, Larceny, 5 years. --------------------------------------------------- Col Sec. Letters. A List of Female Prisoners forwarded from Moreton Bay to Sydney – 9 May 1939 French or Bramwell, Charlotte/ “Maria”. At this time, Moreton Bay was closing as a penal settlement and prisoners were taken back to Sydney.