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Transportation
Martha Chubb 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.
BuffaloReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 85 (44) |
| 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
27/12/1833: Permission to marry John McNamara (Eliza 5) - John was 21 and had a TOL - Martha was 19 and on Bond. 30/7/1834: Permission to marry James Hurley (Minerva 1819) - James was 38 and had a TOL - Martha 20 and on Bond. 1834: Married James Hurley at the Church of England, Cobbity/Narellen. Martha listed as CHURB. 1/8/1840: TOL Penrith 17/10/1846: TOL Sydney - Allowed to remain in the District of Sydney on recommendation of the Penrith Bench.
UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Name; Martha Chubb Age; 19 Notes; Of a plethoric habit, complains of pain in the chest of the left side, headache …. Disease; Pyrexia
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Ship: Buffalo - 1833 No; 460 - 33. Indent No; 1. Name; Martha Chubb Read & writes. Single, Native County; Trade; Laundress & house maid Offence; Picking pockets Trial; 31 Dec 1832 Age; 19 Height; 5 ft. 2 1/2. Complexion; Fair Ruddy Hair; Brown Eyes; Grey Additional Remarks; Brother; Thomas Chubb. 1833 ----------------------