Elizabeth Mclagan

Elizabeth McLagan, one of 151 convicts transported on the Atwick, 28 September 1837

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Elizabeth Mclagan
Aliases:	Forbes (alias)
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1798
Occupation:	Housemaid
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 59 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Uttering forged notes
Convicted at:	Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Atwick
Departure date:	28th September, 1837
Arrival date:	23rd January, 1838
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 150 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 141 (72). Tasmanian Archives - convict records.
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

Nell Murphy on 26th September, 2017 wrote:

Elizabeth McLAGEN (or FORBES) was convicted at Edinburgh, Scotland on 5 Dec 1836 for uttering forged base coins. 7yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) per the ship ‘Atwick’ arriving 24 Jan 1838.

Single woman; aged 40 yrs; housemaid; 4’11” height; fresh complexion; dk brown hair; grey eyes.
Native place of birth: Dunkeld, Scotland.

Assigned to work services in the Colony.
Some notes of misconduct and punishments. Sent to the Female Factory, Hobart in 1842.
Ticket of Leave granted.
1843: The Lieutenant Governor remitted the remainder of her sentence.

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 26th September, 2017 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 141 (72). Tasmanian Archives - convict records. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Numbe