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Crime
Transportation
Eliza Harris was transported on the Kains, departing 5th Jul 1830 and arriving 11th Mar 1831 with 121 passengers.
353 tons. 1831 voyage from Britain to Australia: Capt William Lushington GOODWIN. Surgeon: Thrasycles CLARKE. Several children of the female convicts accompanied them. One of the seamen, Charles Picknell, kept a diary of the voyage and excerpts have been published.
Kains (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 439 (222) |
| 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
1830 - Old Bailey On-Line Born; 1807 972. ELIZA HARRIS was indicted for that she, on the 5th of March , Ellen Bonsey , a child of Robert Bonsey and Lydia , his wife , under the age of ten years, to wit, of the age of two years, feloniously by force, did take and carry away, with intent to deprive the said Robert Bonsey and Lydia, his wife, of the possession of the said child, by concealing and detaining the said child from them ; against the Statute, &c. 2nd COUNT, like the first, only substituting the words "by fraud," instead of force. 3rd COUNT, like the first, only with intent to steal certain articles of apparel about the person of the said child, to wit, 1 pinafore, value 3d.; 1 frock, value 4d.; 1 hat, value 6d.; 1 petticoat, value 2d.; 1 shift, value 2d., and 1 pair of boots, value 4d., the goods of the said Robert Bonsey. 4th COUNT, like the third, only stating it to be by fraud, instead of by force, &c. ROBERT BONSEY. I am the husband of Lydia Bonsey - this little child is my daughter; she was two years old on the 25th of last January - her name is Ellen; we live in George-court, Strand . On the 5th of March I saw my child playing near the door as near seven o'clock as could be; I just wiped my fingers, ran out, and the child was gone - I ran out, and made inquiries till half-past four o'clock on the Sunday; this was on the Friday- I found her at the refuge for the houseless poor. LYDIA BONSEY. I was out at the time, and when I came home I heard the child was gone - I made every inquiry, but did not hear of her till Sunday. HENRY PARDOE . I am a Police-constable. On the 7th of March I saw the prisoner in Middle-row, St. Giles', at half-past one o'clock in the morning; she was sitting down with this child, and I said, "What do you do here, my good woman? why don't you go home?" she said, "I have no home;" I said, "I can take you to the refuge;" I took her there, and the superintendent would not take her in, as she had been there seven days, and was discharged for improper conduct; I had asked her if this was her child, and she said it was - I then asked her what she had done with the child while she was there; she said she had put it out at No. 22, Duck-lane, Westminster - I asked how she could pay for it; she said, by a few halfpence at a time - she had the child booked Tommy Harris ; in taking her to the watch-house she said she had taken it from a door in the Strand, and I went to the place on the Monday, and found they had got the child. GUILTY . Aged 23. - Transported for Seven Years . 1831 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Kains from England. Mustered; 117. Died; 2. In hospital on Board 1. Number Embarked; 120 Indent No; 70 Name; Eliza Harris Age; 24 years Read & write. Protestant, Single Native Place; Chelsea Trade or calling; Nursemaid and All-work Offence; Stealing a child Trial; London - 15 April 1830 - 7 years Height; 5 ft 0 in. Pale & freckled. brown hair and grey eyes Assigned; R Layton Remarks; DIED; at Liverpool 3 May 1832 1832 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Name: Eliza Harris Age: 32 ** age as per Register ** Date of Death: 3 May 1832 District: St Luke's Liverpool. Rev Cartwright
1831 - Sydney Goal Entrance & Description Book. No; 1161. Age; 34. 1831 - 5 May. Sydney Goal Entrance Book. No; 1161. Bond. Native Place; Chelsea. Protestant. Trade; Servant. Height; 5 ft. Sydney. 1st Class. 1831 - 12 Nov. Sydney Goal Entrance & Description Book. No; 2603. Year of birth. 1807. Height; 4 ft. 11 1/2 in/ Build; Proper. Fair, Lt. Brown. Eyes Grey 1831 - 1 Dec. Sydney Goal Entrance & Description Book. No; 2737. Year of Birth. 1807. Age; 24. Height; 5 ft. 4 in. Build; Proper. Complexion; Fair. Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, Liverpool St Luke No; 281 Name; Eliza Harris Abode; Lunatic Asylum When Buried; 1832, 3 May Age; 32 ** as per register ** Ships Name; Kains Quality or profession; Insane By whom the Ceremony was performed; Robert Cartwright
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Indent No; 70. Age; 24. Read & write. Protestant. Single Native Place; Chelsea Trade or calling; Housemaid & all work Offence; Stealing a child Trial where & Date; London - 15 April 1830 Sentence; 7 years Height; 5 ft. 0 3/4 in Eyes; Grey Hair; Brown Completion; Pale freckled Remarks; DIED; at Liverpool May 3rd, 1832