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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Isabella Lawson was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 28th Mar 1840 and arriving 13th Jul 1840 with 214 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 181 (92) |
| 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
Possible death of Child 1840 - MARGARET LAWSON. [convicts' child] UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Placed on Sick List; 5 July 1840 Age; 10 years old Discharged; DIED [no date] Disease; Marasmus [undernourishment causing a child's weight to be significantly low for their age. A severe form of malnutrition.
NSW BDMs Births HOCKLEY SUSANNAH 1908/1849 V18491908 34A EPHRAIM ISABELLA HOCKLEY ELEANOR 1214/1845 V18451214 31A EPHRAIM ISABELLA HOCKLEY WILLIAM K760/1843 V1843760 27A EPHRAIM ELIZABETH ??? HOCKLEY THOMAS O4145/1853 V18534145 40 EPHRAIM ISABELLA
New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 5/3/1842 Isabella Lawson 25 Bond (7yrs) per ship Surrey to marry Ephraim 29 ToL (life) per ship Andromeda (2) Rev G Turner hunters Hill NSW BDMs Marriages 321/1842 V1842321 26C HOCKLEY EPHRAIM LAWSON ISABELLA MU (Church of England Hunters Hill)
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Non-Annotated Printed Indentures 1840-1842 From Edinburgh. Single protestant who could read and write. tried 16/7/1839. 4' 10 1/2" fair ruddy and freckled complexion, light brown hair and hazel eyes
Street robbery. The Edinburgh Court of Judiciary sentenced her for 7 years on July 16, 1839. She arrived on the Surrey on July 14, 1840. She married Ephraim Hockley on April 26, 1842 and they had 6 children. Following her death the coroner's court said that she suicided with "death by strangulation while temporarily insane." She had been drinking to excess and with a rope she hanged herself.