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Crime
Transportation
Harriet Turner was transported on the Buffalo, departing 4th May 1833 and arriving 5th Oct 1833 with 183 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
BuffaloReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 89 (46) |
| 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
This from Trevor Topper – Convict Tales, http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/stories.html Harriet TURNER age 19 years was indicted for man robbery on the 11th day of March 1833. She was employed as a nursery maid and house maid. At her court hearing at Middlesex Peace Court she was found guilty and sentenced to be transported for fourteen years. Harriet was described as 4 feet 11 and 1/2 inches in height, ruddy and freckled complexion with brown hair and hazel grey eyes. Her religion was protestant and she could read and write. She was transported from London on the 5th day of May 1833 arriving at Sydney Cove on the 5th day of October 1833. Where she was posted or worked in the colony is not known. At the age of 21 years she married Edward Topper on the 5th day of January 1835 in the parish of Maitland. They had three children: William born 23rd day of December 1836 in the district of Wollombi. Edward born on the 17th day of November 1838 in the district of Wollombi. Sarah born on the 21st day of January 1841 in the parish of Wollombi. It was said by her husband's decendants that they had another son Robert but I have found no records of his birth or death. Harriet was granted a Ticket of Leave on the 20th day of January 1840 but it was cancelled on the 17th day of March 1843 for being out of her district and away from her husband. She was pregnant when she was shipped to the female factory at Parramatta. I have not been able to track her movements after that; she just disappeared. No record of her death or the birth of her fourth child. A note on Free Settler or Felon website: 21/8/1843: Harriett Turner per ‘Buffalo’ absconded from Edward Topper, her husband.