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Transportation
Ann Gardner was transported on the Lloyds, departing 23rd Jul 1845 and arriving 7th Nov 1845 with 170 passengers.
Built 1830 at London. Wood barque of 403 Tons.
Lloyds (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 341 (172) |
| 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
BURIAL: 29 November, 1845: Ann Gardiner [sic], who died in the General Hospital, Hobart, aged 54, per Lloyds, was buried at Hobart. The ceremony was performed by R Wilson (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-2p079j2k). --00--
DEATH: 25 November, 1845: Ann Gardner died in hospital (Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Register; Registers of convict deaths, 1845-1874). --0--
IN VDL: 7 November, 1845: On arrival in VDL, she was listed as Ann Gardner, convict #387, single, "well behaved" and "respectable" on the voyage, and "sick". There is little else on this record (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON41-1-7$init=CON41-1-7p65). That's because Ann Gardner "had scurvy and required removal to the [Hobart] General Hospital" (Piper, 2003, p35). --0--
NEWSPAPER report of the trial: "LETTER STEALING BY A POST-MISTRESS. Ann Gardner, who is a post-mistress at Enstone, in this county, was charged with having opened two letters, and stolen a third, containing two half-sovereigns, all of which were committed to her care. It appeared that several letters had never reached their destination, after having been sent to the post-office at Enstone. In consequence of numerous complaints upon this subject having been made to the authorities at the General Post-offiee, Mr. Ramsey, the superintendent of the missing letter department, prepared what is technically called a trap letter, an invention which has been found of great service in detecting the Post-office robberies, of late but too frequent. This letter enclosed a sovereign, which had been previously marked, and, after having been sent through the suspected channel, was examined by the proper authorities, when it was discovered that, although the coin was still there, the seal (of red wax) had been tampered with. A second letter, with another direction, was then sent, containing two marked half-sovereigns. This was also found to have been opened and resealed, but still the money was untouched. A third attempt was then made, which proved successful in detecting the culprit. Two half-sovereigns, marked, were put into a letter, directed to Thomas Hicks, to be left at the Chequers, Bradford-lane, Exeter, England, with speed. This was put, as if by accident, into a bundle of letters for Enstone, and it was the duty of the prisoner to have written on it 'Mis-sent', and to have returned it to Oxford." The report says Mr. Ramsey, accompanied by a Mr. Forrest, went to Enstone where they searched Ann Gardner's house for the missing letter. When they couldn't find it, Mr. Ramsey "went out for a policeman, leaving Mr. Forrest with the prisoner. While he was absent Mr. Forrest heard her crumpling a piece of paper in her pocket, and immediately afterwards she put something on the fire, and laid a coal upon it. This he instantly snatched off, when it proved to be a post-office envelope, which had been used to inclose the two half-sovereigns in question, both of which were still within it and were identified by the marks before mentioned. No traces of the letter itself could, however, be found. The policeman now coming in, the prisoner was given into custody, and in the course of the subsequent search of the house, a small pocket-knife with a flat-hooked blade was discovered having red sealing-wax adhering to the point on each side. From its appearance, there could be no doubt that the blade had been heated, and had, while in that state, come in contact with the wax. That part of the charge which related to the stealing of the letter having been abandoned by the Learned Counsel for the Crown, the indictment for the larceny of the money was proceeded upon. The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner is 64 years of age, and has borne a good character.—Sentence deferred."(Sun, 8 March 1845, p5, at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) Ann Gardner was subsequently sentenced to 7 years' transportation. --00--
TRIAL: 5 March, 1845: Ann Gardner was tried at Oxford, convicted and sentenced to 7 years' transportation for "stealing money on its way through the Post Office". It was her first offence (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON41-1-7$init=CON41-1-7p65). --0--
Convicts— The following convicts, have been removed from our County Gaol, to the Millbank Penitentary: John Shakespeare and Ann Gardner, for 7 years; ... Banbury Guardian, 20 March 1845.
Ann Gardner, postmistress of Enstone, charged with having opened two letters; and also with having, at Enstone, stolen a letter, containing containing two half sovereigns, the property of her Majesty’s Postmaster-General. Banbury Guardian, 6 Mar 1845. ---------------------------------------------------- National Archives. DM 101/43/31845 Medical journal of the Lloyds, female convict ship, for 19 July to 12 November 1845 by Charles K. Nutts, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage to Van Diemen’s Land. (Described at item level). ADM 101/43/3/11845 Folios 1-2: copy of the sick list of female convicts, (names and details follow). Folios 8-11: case no. 4, Ann Gardner, aged 54, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, scorbutus, a tall women, struck her knees on getting out of bed, her knee and legs becoming scorbutic, right leg covered with ecchymosed [spets?]; put on sick list 1 October 1845, sent 8 November 1845 to hospital at Hobart Town.