Elizabeth Lyons

Elizabeth Lyons, one of 120 convicts transported on the Kains, 05 July 1830

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Elizabeth Lyons
Aliases:	Elizabeth, Lines
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1809
Occupation:	Needlewoman
Date of Death:	16th October, 1874
Age:	65 years

Life Span

Female median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Pocket picking
Convicted at:	Surrey Quarter Session
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Kains
Departure date:	5th July, 1830
Arrival date:	11th March, 1831
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 119 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 440
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Pauline portelli on 1st November, 2011 wrote:

Married Charles templar/Templer 18.2.1833,son,Charles born 28.8.1838 at F/Factory Parramatta died 14.11.1838.Daughter, Eliza Lyons (Lines) born f/factory Parramatta 9.6.1843 Second marriage to Thomas Woodyatt 25.8.1845, . Third marriage to James Simmons 18.3.1850 Parramatta. Elizabeth Simmons (nee Lyons),my ggg grandmother, died 16.10.1874 buried All Saints cemetery Parramatta

Murray Parsonage on 2nd June, 2012 wrote:

married George Drury 1801-1882

Pauline portelli on 24th July, 2014 wrote:

Elizabeth Lyons only had 3 marriages (not G Drury)
and died in 1874. I have researched her extensively and my facts are correct.

D Wong on 1st March, 2017 wrote:

Convict Indent: Elizabeth was 22, single, transported for
Picking Pockets.

Assigned to E. Walsh on arrival.

Brother James Lyons came 8 1/2 years previously, (per ‘Asia’ 1822).

Tracy Edwards on 17th March, 2019 wrote:

Elizabeth also spent 2 years at Moreton Bay. Convicted in 1833 Maitland.

Convict Changes History

Murray Parsonage on 2nd June, 2012 made the following changes:

date of birth 1804-00-00, date of death 1877-00-00

Pauline portelli on 1st November, 2011 made the following changes:

gender f

Pauline portelli on 22nd February, 2014 made the following changes:

firstname: Eliza (prev. Elizabeth), date of death: 0000 (prev. 1877)

Pauline portelli on 27th February, 2014 made the following changes:

term: 7 years (prev. 99 years), firstname: Elizabeth (prev. Eliza)

Pauline portelli on 24th July, 2014 made the following changes:

alias1: Elizabeth, alias2: Lines

Elizabeth Ann Woodyatt on 28th February, 2017 made the following changes:

voyage, crime

D Wong on 1st March, 2017 made the following changes:

term: 99 years (prev. 7 years), voyage, date of birth: 1809 (prev. 1804), occupation, crime

D Wong on 1st March, 2017 made the following changes:

date of death: 16th October, 1874 (prev. 0000)