Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Catherine Wallace was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 30th Jun 1815 and arriving 19th Jan 1816 with 101 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
Mary Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 215 (109) |
| 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 |
Claims
"4x great grandmother"
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Convict Notes
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, General muster 1825 Catherine Wallace. F. S. Ship; Mary Ann - 1815. 7 years. WIFE of Alex McCabe, Richmond. Catherine Wallace. Age; 9. B. C. Daughter of Catherine Wallace Ann Wallace. Age; 5. B. C. Daughter of Catherine Wallace Alexander Wallace. Age; 2. B. C. Son of Catherine Wallace
Tried and convicted at the Old Bailey on 5th April 1815 for stealing a bonnet and a feather, she was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. Left England late August 1815. Ship:- the 'Mary Anne I' sailed with 103 female convicts on board of which 2 died during the voyage. Arrived on 19th January 1816. Married convict Alexander McCabe ('Boddingtons' 1793) in 1816 at Richmond, they had 6 children between 1816-1830. Old Bailey Trial Transcription. Reference Number: t18150405-9 433. CATHERINE WALLACE was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 3rd of March , a bonnet, value 4 s. and a feather, value 2 s. the property of George Franks , privately in his shop . GEORGE LOCKEY . I am shopman to George Franks , he is a hatter , at the corner of Red-cross-street ; on Friday the 3rd of March between five and six in the evening, the prisoner with another woman came into the shop, and asked to look at a drab hat, at about seven shillings, for a boy; I was then attending another woman in the shop, and a hat which I was going to try on a boy's head, when I turned round to put it on the boy's head, the two women went out of the shop, without saying anything; I immediately missed a beaver bonnet and feather from the window; I immediately went in pursuit of the women, and overtook them about half a dozen houses down the street, I caught hold of the prisoner by the shoulder, I informed her she must go back with me, she immediately dropped the bonnet and feather from under her clothes, where she had it concealed; I stooped and picked it up with my right hand from between her feet, as I held her with my left hand; I then took her back and gave her in charge of an officer; the other woman made off. BARTHOLOMEW WOOD . I produce the bonnet; I took charge of the prisoner and the bonnet; I have had the bonnet ever since. LOCKEY. The bonnet is my master's property, and the feather. I know the bonnet by the private mark. Prisoner's Defence. I was a little intoxicated, a woman asked me to go into the shop with her, she asked to buy a boy's hat. GUILTY, aged 27. Of stealing, to the value of 4 s. 9 d. only . Transported for Seven Years . London jury, before Mr. Recorder.