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Voyage
Transportation
Eleanor Curtis was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 7th Sep 1822 and arriving 27th Feb 1823 with 98 passengers.
A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)
Lord Sidmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 200 Familysearch Tasmanian Archives |
| 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
Ellen Curtis married James Kettle, Hobart Tasmania 16/05/1825. They both witnessed the marriage of my ancestors Elizabeth Berry (Lord Sidmouth) and Joseph Bliss (Caledonia 2) at the school room in Sorell Tasmania 9/01/1826. Ellen Kettle died in Hobart 27/06/1842
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 22 March 2020), April 1822, trial of ELEANOR CURTIS (t18220417-146). ELEANOR CURTIS, Theft > pocketpicking, 17th April 1822. 678. ELEANOR CURTIS was indicted for stealing on the 13th of April , five sovereigns, the monies of William Ware , from his person . WILLIAM WARE . I live at Birmingham, and am a painter and glazier . On the 13th of April I was in town, and between eight and nine o'clock at night, I was in St. Giles's drinking at a house with two women of the town, the prisoner was one, they called me in as I went by, between three and four o'clock, I staid till about nine o'clock, and then retired; I missed my money and charged the prisoner with it, as I saw her take it out of my breeches, she denied it and ran away - I called a watchman, and she was taken the same night. FRANCIS JOHN GATES . I am a patrol; about one o'clock in the morning I was in George-street; a watchman was searching a house for the prisoner, she came in at the street door, and Ware charged her with this robbery - she denied it. JOHN DEWSELL . I am a patrol; I took the other woman; I found Ware and her in the room when he called watch; I found nothing on her - he did not appear in liquor. Prisoner's Defence. He and the other woman came into my apartment, and sent me out for beer, and when I returned, the door was locked, and they took me. GUILTY . Aged 24. Transported for Life . First Middlesex Jury, before W. Arabin, Esq. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18220417-146