Elizabeth Dyer

Elizabeth Dyer, one of 170 convicts transported on the Emma Eugenia, 25 October 1850

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Elizabeth Dyer
Aliases:	Davis, Sarah (alias), Allan, Bowerman
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1823
Occupation:	Needlewoman
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 59 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Uttering forged notes
Convicted at:	Central Criminal Court
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Emma Eugenia
Departure date:	25th October, 1850
Arrival date:	7th March, 1851
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 172 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 367 (185). Tasmanian Archives. Old Bailey online court records. Friends of Orphan School.
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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Nell Murphy on 18th October, 2019 wrote:

Elizabeth DYER (alias Sarah DAVIS) was convicted at the CCC, London on 19 Aug 1850 for feloniously uttering counterfeit coins. Gaol report: “previous similar offences”. 7 yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) per the ship “Emma Eugenia” arriving there 7 March 1851. Ship surgeon’s report: “good”.

Married woman, 1 child. (ref. convict record)
Aged 28 yrs; Protestant; can read & write; needlewoman; 4’11 1/2” height; fresh complexion; brown hair; Hazel eyes.
Convict record states her proper name is “Sarah DAVIS”
Native place of birth: Hereford, England
Brothers: John & William
Sisters: Elizabeth & Mary

Child: Louisa ALLAN admitted to the Queens Orphanage, New Town, Hobart on 1 July 1851. 4 yrs of age. (Note: this was a requirement by the Govt so as to permit the mother to work.)
Father’s name given as “John ALLAN”
Mother: Elizabeth DYER (transported per ‘Emma Eugenia’)
(ref. Friends of the Orphan School records)

Colony of VDL:
Assigned out to work services
18 June 1851: Absconded.
19 June 1851: Larceny. 12 mths hard labour.

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO MARRY (note - remarriages were encouraged by the Govt to ensure a more stable social life). Elizabeth DYER (Emma Eugenia) to James BOWERMAN (Mayda). Approved.

MARRIAGE:
29 July 1852: Elizabeth DYER, aged 27 yrs, servant to James BOWERMAN, aged 29 yrs, labourer at Chapel of St. John the Baptist, River Ouse, Hamilton district.(ref. 37/1/11 no. 122)

Daughter Louisa ALLEN returned to mother’s care, on 7 Dec 1852, now that she was married. (ref. Orphan School record)

26 Sept 1854: Ticket of Leave status granted.

17 Nov 1857: Certificate of Freedom issued, at Hamilton, Tasmania.

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 18th October, 2019 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 367 (185). Tasmanian Archives. Old Bailey online court records. Friends of Orphan School. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 9