Elizabeth Dinsdale

Elizabeth Dinsdale, one of 62 convicts transported on the Indispensible, February 1809

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Elizabeth Dinsdale
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

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

Life Span

Female median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Pocket picking
Convicted at:	York Assizes on 30 July 1808
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Indispensible
Departure date:	February, 1809
Arrival date:	18th August, 1809
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 62 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 421 (210). State Archives NSW, Convict Indents (Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4004]; Microfiche: 632). England, Criminal Register (Class: HO 27; Piece: 4; Page: 270)
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

Julie Moriarty on 31st March, 2017 wrote:

6 August 1808
Leeds Mercury Newspaper
Elizabeth Dinsdale and Ann Hubie, charged with having picked the pocket of Samuel Bates,in the public street in the city of York, of a silver watch, - Guilty - To be transported seven years.

Julie Moriarty on 22nd June, 2018 wrote:

PRISONERS IN THE NEW GAOL -

6 August 1808

Leeds Mercury Newspaper

Elizabeth Dinsdale and Ann Hubie, charged with having picked the pocket of Samuel Bates,in the public street in the city of York, of a silver watch, - Guilty - To be transported seven years.

In addition to this information I believe Elizabeth Dinsdale may have died after giving birth to a girl child also name Elizabeth in 1810. This has not been confirmed though.

See NSW BDM
DINSDALE ELIZABETH 65/1810 V181065 5 AGE 22
DINSDALE ELIZABETH H 86/1810 V181086 5 INFANT

Iris Dunne on 22nd June, 2018 wrote:

Convicted: 30 July 1808

Criminal Register: Offence:Larceny

Convict Changes History

Julie Moriarty on 31st March, 2017 made the following changes:

crime

Iris Dunne on 22nd June, 2018 made the following changes:

gender: f

Iris Dunne on 22nd June, 2018 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 421 (210). State Archives NSW, Convict Indents (Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4004]; Microfiche: 632). England, Criminal Register (Class: HO 27; Piece: 4