Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Isabella Buckley was transported on the Cadet, departing 4th Sep 1847 and arriving 2nd Jan 1848 with 168 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 202 |
| 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
1852 - Birth of daughter; Given name not recorded. Hodgetts. 15 Aug 1852 Parents; George Hodgetts, Laborer, Westmore? Street & Isabella Buckley Registered: Campbell Town 1854 - Birth of George Hodgetts. 9 November 1854 Parents; George Hodgetts, Laborer, Wellington Street & Isabella Buckley Registered: Launceston 1860 – Queens Orphan School Application for Admission; 1 February 1860. CHILDREN; - Hodgetts, Maria. Aged; 7 years 5 months & 22 days - Hodgetts, George. Aged; 5 years 2 months & 27 days FATHER; George Hodgetts Ship; 1 - Phoenix. C.P. taken up; 19 May 1846. Trade; Labourer Residence; Traveller's Rest MOTHER; Isabella Buckly Ship; Cadet 1st. Trade; Not employed Residence; Traveller's Rest. Free by servitude. Certificate; 8 December 1853 REMARKS; Both parents are destitute. The man is old 56 years & the mother is 29 years old & a woman of bad character. The husband has left her, but has promised ?? There are 2 children. one girl nearly 3 years old & an infant aged 2 months old - still with the mother.
The information previously provided regarding Isabella Buckley's husband, George Hodgetts, is incorrect. George Hodgetts was born in England in 1804. In March 1821 he was convicted for life for sheep stealing and transported to Van Diemen's Land on the Phoenix convict ship. In January 1860 Hodgetts abandoned Isabella and his children. An attempt was made to place Isabella's children into the Queens Orphan School and the documentation confirming George Hodgetts' convict details is stated on the admission documentation.
Isabella was 17 years old on arrival in VDL, she was 4'9 3/4" tall, brown hair and eyes, could read and write, single. 25/3/1851: Permission to marry George Hodgetts (free). George was the son of James Hodgetts and Mary Cox and was bor in 1836 in Norfolk Plains, Tasmania - he died 1910 at Beechworth, Victoria. Isabella and George had 4 children up to 1859. Before Isabella died there were many reports in the newspaper of the day for being drunk, idle and disorderly - under the names of Jones and Turner. 14/5/1887: Isabella died at Launceston.