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Summary

Born
Jan 1798
Conviction
Uttering/passing forged notes
Departure
May 1820
Arrival
Sep 1820
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Ann Curtis
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1798
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Dressmaker/Needlewoman
Aliases: Anne Cortes

Crime

Crime: Uttering/passing forged notes
Convicted at: Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term: 14 years

Voyage

Departed: 17th May 1820
Ship: Morley
Arrival: 30th Sep 1820
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Ann Curtis was transported on the Morley, departing 17th May 1820 and arriving 30th Sep 1820 with 124 passengers.

The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.

MorleyMorley (generic)

References

Primary SourceState Records NSW (Butts of COF, NRS 12210, Archive Roll 993). Ancestry.com Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 329 (166); NSW Museums of History: State Archives Collection: Sydney Gaol Entrance Book 1820
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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"I am descendent of Ann, let me know if you are too !"

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Convict Notes

Margaret Jones avatar
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on 7th January 2023

27/11/1820: Anne CORTES per Morley 1820 sent to Parramatta Female Factory from Sydney Gaol: Sentence 12 months in Factory

Iris Dunne avatar
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on 3rd June 2022

Certificate of Freedom No. 34/719 dated 3 June 1834 Aged 36, year of birth 1798 Native Place: London Trade: Dressmaker Trial 17 February 1820 for Uttering forged notes Wife of James Hudson

jennifer burgess avatar
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on 27th May 2022

Ann had absconded. She does not appear to be on the 1828 census but is mentioned in TROVE newspaper 1830

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 16th February 2020

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (http://www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 16 February 2020), February 1820, trial of MARY HEARD (t18200217-17). ANN FARRELL, SARAH FARRELL, MARY GOULD, SUSAN MARR, MARY JONES, ANN CURTIS, MARY HEARD, Royal Offences > coining offences, 17th February 1820. 366. GEORGE STEWART , ALBINE COOK, WILLIAM OWEN , JOHN COATES , WILLIAM SCOTT , JAMES LANG , MICHAEL LAMBERT , THOMAS PHILLIPS , WILLIAM QUIN , JAMES RILEY , JAMES ARCHBALD , HENRY LEWIS , THOMAS MARTIN , HENRY BUCKNELL , WILLIAM HARRIS , ANN FARRELL , SARAH FARRELL , MARY GOULD , SUSAN MARR , MARY JONES , DANIEL LUCAS , JOHN CURTIS , ANN CURTIS , WILLIAM ROSE , MARY HEARD , and JOHN CARTER were severally and separately indicted for having in their custody and possession, forged Bank notes, knowing them to be forged . To which indictments the prisoners severally and separately pleaded GUILTY . Transported for Fourteen Years . Before Mr. Baron Graham .

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 18th December 2019

Absconded Prisoners. Ann Curtis and Maria Peacock, per ship Morley 3d; Sydney Gazette, 16 Dec 1820