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Voyage
Transportation
Lowry Griffith was transported on the Westmoreland, departing 9th Aug 1836 and arriving 3rd Dec 1836 with 186 passengers.
The Westmoreland was a 405-ton sailing ship built in 1832 at Lynn, Norfolk, England. Four (4) sailings listed for her to transport convicts (and some free settlers and soldiers) to Australia - New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). (Voyage in 1838 from Ireland to NSW is currently being compiled, incomplete list of persons to date.)
Westmoreland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 351 (178). Tasmanian Archives - convict conduct record https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-4$init=CON40-1-4p164. |
| 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
Convict Conduct Record - Van Diemen's Land: Lowry GRIFFITH - convicted at Carnarvon, Wales on 16 March 1836 for housebreaking. Not known to authorities before. Life sentence. Transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia per the ship 'Westmorland' arriving there 3 Dec 1836. Ship surgeon's report: "idle". Single woman; housemaid & plain cook; aged 22yrs; 5' height; fresh complexion; light brown hair; light Hazel eyes. Native place of birth: Carnarvon, Wales. Colony of VDL: A few notes of misconduct. 23 Feb 1845: Ticket of Leave status granted. 4 July 1848: Conditional Pardon, for the Australian Colonies, approved. APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO MARRY: 31 July 1839 - Lowry GRIFFITH (per 'Westmorland') to James DAVIS (per 'Woodman'). Approved. (ref. Con 52/1/1 pg 36) N.B. There are two men named "James DAVIS" on the voyage by the Woodman in 1825/26, one convicted at Middlesex, London and the other at Bristol. Tasmanian records do not give an identifier as to which man. MARRIAGE: 30 Sept 1839 - Laura GRIFFITHS (Lowry GRIFFITH), aged 25 yrs married James DAVIES (DAVIS), aged 29 yrs, cabinet maker at the Parish Trinity Church of England, Hobart. (ref. 37/1/1 no. 59)
Her name "Lowry" is a Welsh girls name, but once out of Wales, the records struggle with her name recording it was “Laury” “Loury” or “Laura”, and in one case it was transcribed as “Coury”. On 31 July 1839 she was granted permission to marry James Davis, who had arrived as a convict ten years before she did.