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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Frances Goldsmith was transported on the Eliza, departing 3rd Nov 1829 and arriving 24th Feb 1830 with 118 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 238 |
| 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
National Archives. HO 17/54/121829 Oct 11; 1829 Oct 20 Prisoner name: Francis Goldsmith or Frances Goldsmith. Prisoner age: 45 (or 52) Court and date of trial: Portsmouth Quarter Sessions July 1829. Crime: Stealing knives and forks the property of Joseph Budden. Initial sentence: Seven years transportation. Gaoler's report: Character bad, three times before convicted, imprisoned and transported. Annotated: Nil; 'Is there any objection to sending him abroad?' Petitioner(s): Stephen Goldsmith, the prisoner's husband of Portsea, shipwright in Portsmouth Dock Yard; Stephen Goldsmith (husband) with Joseph Budden, the prosecutor. Grounds for clemency: Her husband's distress; she has a bad leg; the prisoner's husband asks that she may serve her sentence in prison; the prisoner has eight children. Other papers: A letter from the master shipwright and foreman of HM Dockyard, Porstmouth, confirming Stephen Goldsmith's good character.
Folio 14: F Goldsmith, aged 47, convict, taken ill at Woolwich; sick or hurt, menorrhagia; put on sick list 18 October 1829, date of discharged unknown.