Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Downs was transported on the Mellish, departing 27th May 1830 and arriving 22nd Sep 1830 with 118 passengers.
1830 - From the Surgeons Notes. General Remarks of the Medical Journal. Number of Women and Children on Board. Total Women including Free women; 132 with a total of 61 Children
Mellish (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 366 Old Bailey online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18300114-151 Digital panopticon https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt18300114-151-defend1033 |
| 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
Considerable amount of information in records about Mary Downs associated on Digital panopticon. Born Limerick, Ireland religion Protestant Assigned to Mr T Williams in 1832 Muster Married (in records from Newgate prison) before transportation Ticket of Leave Old Bailey online story is that she was 44 years old, renting a room in London and ran out of money. She pawned a sheet. There's a note that she was acquitted of a previous charge. There is one case, tried at Old Bailey 10 years earlier that might fit (though it was receiving a stolen scarf not stealing money) https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18200517-88 If it was that case she had run a clothes shop in her 30s.