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Transportation
Bridget Norton was transported on the Tory, departing 26th Apr 1848 and arriving 6th Aug 1848 with 170 passengers.
Built 1842 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 512 Tons. Three (3) sailings transporting convicts to Australia: 1845; 1846/47 & 1848. Passengers on the 1846 voyage are still being listed, on this site. Please note this if searching records.
Tory (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 301 (152) |
| 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
Bridget Norton, 30 yrs, Widow, can not read nor write, convicted of stealing boots/shoes, sentenced to 10 yrs at Liverpool on the 11 Feb 1848. 3 times convicted, 4 times summarily convicted & once imprisoned for vagrancy. Prison Registers and Statistical Returns - page 182 1843-1850 HO 24/12
1860 - Queen's Orphan School. Application for admission 14 September 1860; CHILDREN; - Ephraim Norton or Doe aged 4 years & 6 months Mary Ann Norton or Doie aged 3 years & 6 months FATHER; No deatsils MOTHER; Bridget Norton or Doe No further details ADMITTED; 1 April 1859 Teh boy on Imperial Funds The Girl on Colonial Funds DISCHARGED to their mother; 5 Sept 1859 1859 - 25 March . Letter from Cascades Factory Mother was received from Richmond yesterday under a sentence of 6 months hard labour for Larceny, has with her 2 children aged 41/2 & 3 1/2 Husband is now under sentence in the Prisoners Barracks
Bridget died of paralysis, aged 58. Deth reg: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-51p8j2k
Her husband, Ephraim Coe. https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/doe/ephraim/3467
Convict Permission to Marry https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-3p044 Ephraim Doe, per Layton, Date of permission, 30 July 1850, and Bridget Norton, per Tory, (married 2 Sept 1850) Marriage Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-9p360j2k Ephraim Doe, age 32, married Bridget Norton, age 33, 19 Aug 1850, at St Lukes Church, Richmond. He was a farm servant, she was a servant. Both signed their mark X. The witnesses were William Chambers and May Spencer. Births of children: 2 April 1852. Mary Ann Doe. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-34p673j2k 3 May 1854. Ephraim Doe. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-32p350j2k --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mountain Vale Murder. The men, Ephraim Doe and Thomas Daw, in custody on suspicion of having murdered John Harris, have made such inconsistent statements that the probability is there is not a word of truth in either of them. Daw was engaged to assist Harris in the detection of sheepstealers, and on Wednesday night last Daw returned to Mr. Green's and said they had found two fat sheep with their legs tied ; that Ephraim Doe was the thief, and that they had got him; But when Mr. Green and Daw went in a chaise cart to look for Harris and Doe, they could find neither; and on renewing the search next morning they found Harris murdered, with the back of his skull smashed in, and his right wrist gashed with, deep cuts. An inquest was commenced before Charles Arthur, Esq , Coroner, on Saturday. Cornwall Chronicle, 21 Aug 1867. Friday, 23rd August, 6 p.m. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH] (From our own Correspondent.) The inquest has just terminated. Verdict — Wilful murder against Ephraim Doe and his wife. Cornwall Chronicle, 24 Aug 1867. Report of the Inquest on John Harris. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72181383?searchTerm=Ephraim%20doe From Launceston Examiner, 20 Aug 1867. MURDER. Ephraim Doe and Bridget Doe were charged with having on the 14th of August last, at Mountain Vale, near Bishopsbourne, wilfully and maliciously murdered one John Harris. The Attorney-General prosecuted. Mr. Rocher, sen., for Ephraim Doe, and Mr. Rocher, jun., for Bridget Doe. Prisoners pleaded not guilty. The particulars of this case were fully given in our columns, in connection with the coroner's inquest. The jury retired at 4-40 p.m., and returned into Court at a quarter to six with a verdict of "guilty of manslaughter" against Ephraim Doe, and a verdict of " not guilty" in the case of Bridget Doe. His Honor sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' imprisonment. The Mercury, 21 Oct 1867. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Her husband died in 1893, aged 88.