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Transportation
Amelia Hough was transported on the Woodbridge, departing 20th Aug 1843 and arriving 25th Dec 1843 with 205 passengers.
Woodbridge (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 387 (195) |
| 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
Thomas Clemson, aged 30, and Amelia Hough, aged 27, were charged with stealing from a boat, on the 17th of January, a piece of tarpauling, value 15s., the property of Charles Bassett. Clemson pleaded guilty. Charles Bassett sworn - Lives at Polesworth; on Tuesday night, Jan 17th, had a boat lying at Grendon, with a piece of tarpauling lying on it ; in consequence of some information he received, he went out from the boat into the turnpike road, and a person of the name of Wilson showed him where the tarpauling was ; took it and gave it to John Biddle, constable. Hannah Wilson - Lives at Hollands Wharf; on the 17th of January (Tuesday night) she was awakened by the barking of the dog ; she got up, went into the yard, and heard somebody talking; heard Clemson come into the yard; she went down into the yard ; saw the female prisoner ; saw Clemson take the tarpauling from the boat; heard the female prisoner say, Tom, make haste, somebody is coming; Clemson came with the tarpauling on his arm, laid it on the turnpike road, and said to the woman, we shall find it by and by, let it lie there; witness went down and Called Charles Bassett; it was between 11 and 12 o'clock at night. . Cross-examined by Mr. Mellor. She is single woman ; lives in the Wharf-yard ; slept in a house about 30 yards from the boat ; when they came into the yard she stood in a dark corner, and did not speak to either of them. Biddle, the constable of Atherstone, produced the tarpauling ; he apprehended the prisoners on the 19th of February; the man was driving the horses, the female steering the boat. Bassett was recalled, and identified the tarpauling. ... Coventry Standard, 31 Mar 1843.
Amelia Swinfield and William Hough, a brickmaker, were married at Newton Regis in Warwickshire in August 1839. In 1840 a son, Thomas, was born to them – but also in that year in 1840, William, aged 24, was sentenced to transportation for housebreaking. He left his wife with his father. Whether Amelia committed a crime in the hope of joining him we shall never know, but in 1843 Amelia was living with William Simpson. She and Thomas Simpson were charged with stealing cloth from a boat, and Amelia was sentenced to fourteen years’ transportation. She arrived in Hobart in 1843.