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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Emma Little was transported on the Tasmania, departing 9th Sep 1844 and arriving 20th Dec 1844 with 192 passengers.
Built 1841 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 502 Tons.
Tasmania (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 163 (83) |
| 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
1846, 31 October: Emma Little, 25 and a servant, was granted permission to marry Thomas Podmore, a labourer aged 31. Thomas, who had been transported to VDL in 1832 per Katherine Stewart Forbes, had a Ticket of Leave. He was originally a pastry cook, was convicted for stealing wearing apparel and was sentenced to 14 years’ transportation (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-2p209). 1846, 14 December: The couple was married at Hamilton in St Peter’s United Church of England and Ireland. The ceremony was performed by George Wright; and witnesses were Edward Coates and Edith Moran (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-5p295j2k). 1847, 24 June: The birth of an unnamed male child – mother Emma Little and father Thomas Podmore, labourer – was recorded/registered at Campbell Town on 11 August 1847 (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-26-p299j2k). Family records show the child’s name was Joseph James and he died, aged 1½ years, at Campbell Town on 17 December 1848 (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-18p79j2k). The Coroner found the cause of death was drowning and suffocation but could not determine “how or by what means” this occurred (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/SC195-1-23-1994). 1847, 2 November: Emma Little Podmore, 25, of South Esk and wife of Thomas Podmore died. She was buried in the Parish of Green Ponds, Co of Buckingham. Her burial was registered at Campbell Town (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-2p101j2k).
1844, 1 July: Emma Little, 21, a plain cook and house servant, was convicted at the Hertford Quarter Sessions for larceny by a servant. It was her first offence. Emma and her co-accused Emma George were found guilty of stealing a bottle of wine from Edward Green, although one of her records says it was "three bottles on wine and other articles". Both women were sentenced to transportation for seven years and both were sent to VDL per Tasmania (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892). 1844: On arrival in VDL, Emma Little was listed as 21, Protestant, single and could read and write. Her native place was Hertfordshire (see (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-2p209).