Name: | Elizabeth Dickson |
Aliases: | Rae |
Gender: | f |
Date of Birth: | 1800 |
Occupation: | Dressmaker |
Date of Death: | 4th April, 1891 |
Age: | 91 years |
Life Span
Female median life span was 53 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 14 years
Crime: | Maker of base coin |
Convicted at: | Glasgow Court of Justiciary |
Sentence term: | 14 years |
Ship: | Buffalo |
Departure date: | 4th May, 1833 |
Arrival date: | 5th October, 1833 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 180 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 94 |
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. |
Pamela Harrod on 23rd August, 2015 wrote:
Elizabeth gave birth to her son Thomas Charles Dixon in 1837. She married a total of four times and was outlived by her last husband, she died at the home of her son in Richmond, Victoria.
Michael Hately on 13th September, 2016 wrote:
Daughter of Catharine Houston and James Dickson
D Wong on 14th September, 2016 wrote:
National Records of Scotland:
Precognition against Elizabeth Rae, Catherine Smith for the crime of uttering base coin at Moore Street, Gallowgate, Glasgow.
Elizabeth Rae, wife of William Rae, plasterer, m.s. Dickson, Age: c.30, Address: Moore Street, Gallowgate, Glasgow, Origin: Native of Paisley
Catherine Smith, wife of Robert Smith, pensioner, m.s. Houston, Age: 60, Address: Edinburgh, Origin: Native of Paisley.
Trial Papers:
Elizabeth Rae, wife of William Rae, plasterer, m.s. Dickson, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty in terms of own confession, Sentence: Transportation - 14 years. Note: Pannel cannot write.
Catherine Smith, wife of Robert Smith, pensioner, m.s. Houston, Verdict: Diet dismissed, Sentence: Diet deserted and dismissed. Note: The Advocate Depute did not proceed with the case.
Penny-Lyn Beale on 19th January, 2021 wrote:
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents.
Ship:
No; 627 - 33. Indent No; 170
Name; Elizabeth Dickson alias Rae
Read & writes. Married, 1 male child on board
Native County; Paisley
Trade; Dressmaker
Offence; Base coin
Trial; 20 Dec 1832
Age; 32
Height; 5 ft. 2 in
Complexion; Fair and little freckled
Hair; Black
Eyes; Chestnut
Shelley Hirschfeld on 30th July, 2021 wrote:
On Death Certificate her parents are listed as Edward Dickson and Elizabeth Stevens.She was disposed to John Raymond the Post Master general of NSW. It also states she had a male child, I cannot find out what happened to the child.
Pamela Harrod on 23rd August, 2015 made the following changes:
alias1: Rae (alias) (prev. Rae (Alias)), date of birth: 1818 (prev. 0000), date of death: 4th April, 1891 (prev. 0000), occupation, crime
Michael Hately on 13th September, 2016 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1800 (prev. 1818), crime
D Wong on 14th September, 2016 made the following changes:
gender: f
Shelley Hirschfeld on 30th July, 2021 made the following changes:
occupation
Iris Dunne on 30th July, 2021 made the following changes:
alias1: Rae (prev. Rae (alias))
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