Mary Halliday

Level 218

Dianne Jones on 14th May 2022

21 May, 1850: Mary Halliday received a Ticket of Leave. 1 December, 1851: Free Certificate issued (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON41-1-7$init=CON41-1-7p71). --00--

Level 218

Dianne Jones on 14th May 2022

IN VDL: 8 November, 1845: Admitted to General Hospital, Hobart, with TB. On arrival, Mary Halliday was listed as convict #611, 40 years old when convicted, married with one child, a housemaid, Protestant, brought up in Scotland. Surgeon's report: "Very well behaved; has been sick nearly all the passage" (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON41-1-7$init=CON41-1-7p71) INVALID/INFIRM: AKS Piper (2003) has studied the transportation of convicts—male and female—whose age or infirmity would be expected to exclude them from being shipped to the colonies. “Transportation spawned invalids directly and indirectly. Invalid prisoners, or prisoners likely to become infirm, were transported to Van Diemen’s Land… In relation to the Lloyds, the Principal Medical Officer reported to Matthew Forster, the Comptroller General, that with few exceptions they were healthy, although two women, Anne Gardiner and Mary Hamilton, had scurvy and required removal to the General Hospital. Three others, Jane Elson, Mary Halliday and Mary Murphy, who were respectively suffering from rheumatism, consumption (tuberculosis) and epilepsy, were also removed to the hospital. Another three, E. Palmer, Mary McDonald (or McDougal) and Anne Mulham (or Mulhern), all aged between 60 and 65 were described as being unfit for labour on account of being aged and infirm. A fourth woman, Mary Davis, aged 45, was also viewed as a potential liability as she had lost her right hand. From this one vessel alone it was likely that Van Diemen’s Land was to be lumbered with seven long term invalid cases… An investigation revealed that, with the exception of Davis, all the women had been healthy when they embarked and that their health and conduct in Millbank Prison [London] was not cause to detain them there. In the case of Davis, William Buly, the Medical Superintendent of Millbank Prison, wrote that while the regulations relating to the transportation of male convicts who had lost limbs had been amended in January 1845, no such instructions had been received for female convicts. On further inquiry… the Home Office [advised it] had no intention of changing this ruling. Loss of a limb continued to be perceived as not a barrier for the transportation of female convicts. The regulation had been changed for male convicts as the loss of a limb was seen as reasonable grounds to incapacitate a man from labour in a probation gang, but as women did not engage in such labour, the same objection could not be raised against their transportation.” (Piper, 2003, pp35-37, at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/). Note: Some corrections to the names above—Anne Gardiner was listed as Ann Gardner. She died in Hobart General Hospital, on 25 November, 1845, 17 days after her arrival in Hobart Town. Mary Murphy should be Margaret Murphy, aged 11½ years. Young Margaret had epilepsy and sailed on the Lloyds with her mother, Margaret, who did not suffer from epilepsy. E Palmer was Hannah Palmer. Mary McDonald was Mary Macdonald (convict #590), aged 16. However, Margaret McDonald (convict #589) was aged 60, born 1785. --0--

Level 349

Maureen Withey on 5th August 2021

Stealing a Shawl. Mary Halliday was brought up for stealing on Monday last a woollen shawl, the property of Margaret Logan, from her lodgings in Stanley street, - and pawing it under the name of Jane Green, for two shillings. She was committed take her trial. Preston Chronicle, 9 Nov 1844. ----------------------------------------------------- National Archives. DM 101/43/31845 Medical journal of the Lloyds, female convict ship, for 19 July to 12 November 1845 by Charles K. Nutts, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage to Van Diemen’s Land. (Described at item level). ADM 101/43/3/11845 Folios 1-2: copy of the sick list of female convicts, (names and details follow). Folios 2-5: case no. 1, Mary Holliday, aged 41, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, a delicate women subject to chronic bronchitis; put on sick list 5 August 1845, sent 8 November 1845 to hospital at Hobart Town.