Eliza Cole

Eliza Cole, one of 170 convicts transported on the Emma Eugenia, 16 November 1843

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Eliza Cole
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1825
Occupation:	Needlewoman
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 53 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 10 years

Crime:	Larceny
Convicted at:	Devon Assizes
Sentence term:	10 years
Ship:	Emma Eugenia
Departure date:	16th November, 1843
Arrival date:	2nd April, 1844
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 169 other convicts

References

Primary source:	https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-2$init=CON15-1-2p268
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Iris Dunne on 25th September, 2018 wrote:

Conduct Record: Transported for Larceny, Single
http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON40-1-2,266,216,F,60

Indent: aged 27
http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON15-1-1,84,10,F,60

Iris Dunne on 26th September, 2018 wrote:

Marriage Permission:
1846 married William Baxter (ship Lord Lyndoch) - not sure if they actually married
https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/all/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fNAME_INDEXES$002f0$002fNAME_INDEXES:1248792/one?qu=eliza&qu=cole&qf=NI_SHIP_FACET Ship+(Names+Index) Emma+Eugenia Emma+Eugenia+||+Emma+Eugenia+(1) Emma+Eugenia+(1)+||+Emma+Eugenia+(2) Emma+Eugenia+(2)

Given permission to marry George Street (Free) dated 31 January 1848 and they were married on 28 July 1848 by Rev. Bedford
https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/all/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fNAME_INDEXES$002f0$002fNAME_INDEXES:1248793/one?qu=eliza&qu=cole

Jennifer Burkhardt on 14th February, 2019 wrote:

There are 2 Eliza Cole’s This one is my 2nd great grandmother who married George Street she arrived on the Emma Eugenia(2) 1844 aged 19 sentenced with Maria Wilson in March 1843 to 7 years and another 3 for breaking and entering the other Eliza Cole arrived on the Emma Eugenia(1) in 1841 aged 27

D Wong on 14th February, 2019 wrote:

Eliza Cole was 19 years old on arrival in VDL.
Native Place: Newtonbushel, Devonshire.

Transported for stealing an umbrella, and wearing apparel.

Eliza was 5’1” tall, light brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion, reads and writes, single.

1/5/1849: TOL
15/1/1850: Recommended for a CP
25/3/1851: CP

Convict Changes History

Jennifer Burkhardt on 25th September, 2018 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1825 (prev. 0000), gender: f, occupation

Iris Dunne on 25th September, 2018 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 478. Archives Office of Tasmania, Conduct Record (CON40-1-2) & Indent (CON15-1-1) (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class an

Iris Dunne on 26th September, 2018 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 478. Archives Office of Tasmania, Conduct Record (CON40-1-2) & Indent (CON15-1-1) & Marriage Permission (Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1248792, Resource: CO

Jennifer Burkhardt on 14th February, 2019 made the following changes:

source: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-2$init=CON15-1-2p268 (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 478. Archives Office of Tasmania, Conduct Record (CON40-1-2) & Indent (CON15-1-1) & Marri