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Voyage
Transportation
Frances Brown was transported on the Lord Melville, departing 31st Jul 1816 and arriving 24th Feb 1817 with 104 passengers.
Ship Name: Lord Melville II Rig Type: S. Built: Quebec Build Year: 1825 Size (tons): 425
Lord Melville (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 274 Lancashire Quarter Sessions Records and Petitions, 17th–19th Century. Microfilm. Lancashire Record Office, Preston, England. New South Wales Government. Registers of Coroners’ Inquests and Magisterial Inquiries, 1834–1942 (microfilm, NRS 343, rolls 2921–2925, 2225, 2763–2769). State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia. New South Wales Government. Sydney Ci |
| 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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New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents - Bound Indentures Name; Francis Brown Trade; Servant Age; 35 years. Born about 1782/3
Between the years of 1817 and 1820 Frances and her children lived and worked at the Parramatta Female Factory.
France Brown was from Liverpool. On the 25th of April 1815 she was sentenced to “transportation to some part beyond the seas for the space of seven years” for felony. Frances Brown was sent to Australia on the Lord Melville in August 1816. She arrived on the 24th of February 1817 with her baby daughter, Mary. On the 6 Mar 1820 , at age 26 she was granted permission to marry Thomas Shaw, and they were married at St Johns Church of England, Parramatta on the 12th June 1820. By the time of the 1828 census Frances (34) was listed as being married to Thomas Shaw (45) and having 6 children: Mary Brown (15), Joseph Brown (10), Thomas Shaw (8), John Shaw (4), Anne Shaw (3) and James Shaw (5 months). Frances died in 1835 at the age of 41.
my 3rd great grandmother. married thomas shaw on 12th june 1820,at st johns anglican church parramatta. had 6 children lived at 150 marsden st, parramatta, which was a pub called the joiners arms. died 7th october 1835 in parramatta, buried at st johns