Mary Dickinson

Mary Dickinson, one of 90 convicts transported on the Louisa, 21 August 1827

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Mary Dickinson
Aliases:	Wood (alias), Simpson (alias), Dixon
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1805
Occupation:	Servant of all work
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Robbing a person
Convicted at:	York, Town of Kingston upon Hull Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Louisa
Departure date:	21st August, 1827
Arrival date:	3rd December, 1827
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 89 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 280
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

Penny-Lyn Beale on 31st December, 2020 wrote:

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents.
Ship: Louisa - 1827
Name; Mary Dickinson or Dixon or Wood or Simpson. Age; 22

Reads. Protestant, Married - no children
Native County; York. Trade; Servant all work.
Offence; Robbing person
Trial; Hull - 12 July - 7 years - 2 previous
Height; 5 ft. 5 in
Complexion; Ruddy pock pitted
Hair; Brown
Eyes; Hazel grey
Date of Certificate;
Assigned; James Underwood, Sydney
Additional Remarks; HUSBAND: convicted as George Dixon in July
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Maureen Withey on 3rd February, 2021 wrote:

Louisa, Surgeon’s Journal.
ADM 101/45/6/11827

Folios 9-13: case no 7, Mary Dickinson, aged 21, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever (synochus), felt unwell for three days past with loss of appetite, a sensation of cold water running down the spine, general chilliness, complaints of pain of forehead, vertigo, severe pain in the loins; put on sick list 1 September 1827, discharged 26 September 1827 cured.

Convict Changes History

Penny-Lyn Beale on 31st December, 2020 made the following changes:

alias1: Wood (alias) (prev. Wood (Alias)), alias2: Simpson (alias) (prev. Simpson (Alias)), alias3: Dixon, date of birth: 1805 (prev. 0000), occupation, crime

Maureen Withey on 3rd February, 2021 made the following changes:

gender: f