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Transportation
Sarah Gomer was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 16 |
| 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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Australia, Convict Index Name Sarah Gomes Age 52 Birth Year Abt 1738 Arrival Year 1790 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Old Bailey Ship Lady Juliana
Old Bailey Online SARAH GOMER. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 10th September 1788 Text type Trial account Defendants SARAH GOMER Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 10th September 1788 Reference Number t17880910-78 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 577. SARAH GOMER was indicted for stealing, on the 11th of September , a linen shirt, value 3 s. three caps, value 6 d. three ditto, value 6 d. two aprons, value 2 s. a handkerchief value 2 d. the property of William Sarvey . WILLIAM SARVEY sworn. On the 11th of September, I was called down by somebody in the house, who said, they imagined somebody was stealing the wet linen; it was in a washing tub of hot water; I came down, and found the prisoner concealed in the coal-cellar, with the linen by her; she said, she only wanted to go to the necessary; I sent for the constable and delivered her to him, and told the constable where the linen was; I would not pick it up; I touched it, and it was quite hot. THOMAS APPLETREE sworn. I am a constable; the prosecutor sent for me, and gave me charge of the prisoner; I took her into custody; he told me where the linen was, which I took up; it was quite hot; I have had it ever since. (The things produced and sworn to.) PRISONER's DEFENCE. They never took any thing from me; I never touched any thing. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.