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Transportation
Mary Openshaw was transported on the Louisa, departing 21st Aug 1827 and arriving 3rd Dec 1827 with 90 passengers.
Ship News- Arrivals. Monday, the ship Louisa, Captain Smith, from London 24th August, with 90 female prisoners, and 21 children. Surgeon Superintendent, James Cook, Esquire, R.N. The Australian, 5 Dec 1827.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 277 (140) |
| 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
Mary, from Bury had received a death sentence which was reprieved on condition of transportation for life. She was the third member of her family to be transported for passing forged notes with her brother William transported in 1821 (ship- Shipley) and father Joseph, in 1825 (ship- Sesostris) and would soon be followed by a fourth member- another brother James (ship- Eliza). The previous September, she had taken a forged £1 which she used to purchase bread from a shop in Hopwood near Rochdale. The shopkeeper suspicious of the note, unhappy with her account of it, gave her to the police and after enquiries, it was found she had already passed off several others in the last few months in Bury. Mary may have reunited with her brother and father upon arrival but in 1830, Mary's brother William died from an unexplained illness. Mary was thrice sent to the female factory for six weeks in 1831 for absconding or being absent without leave and this year had a daughter, Jane, with a John Vaughan. In July 1832, Mary married William Smith (ship- Eliza- did her brother on the same ship introduce them?) at St Johns Parramatta. The couple had a daughter, Anniss in 1837. In July 1843, Mary received a conditional pardon for her crimes. At that time she was described as a farm servant, 5ft 3, dark brown hair, ruddy complexion, hazel eyes and was 'good looking'. In 1850, Mary's husband was jailed at Goulburn for six months for obtaining goods under false pretences but was discharged due to ill-health. In 1853, Mary's father Joseph died aged 75 at Berrima and in 1858 the last record for the couple is on their daughter Anniss' marriage certificate also at Berrima. Mary's older daughter Jane also had her family in Berrima, suggesting they had all settled there.
Gaol 1831 • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Name Mary Openshaw Birth Year 1809 Age 22 Arrival Year 1828 Arrival Country Australia Vessel Arrived In Louisa Date of Admission/Photo 1831 Gaol Sydney Gaol Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Record Type Entrance and Description Book Request Permission to Marry 27 Jun 1832 • New South Wales, Australia Name Mary Openshaw Age 22 per Louisa Life Birth Year Abt 1810 Spouse Wm Smith age 31 per Eliza (1) 7 years Free Request Status Granted Date of Permission/Refusal 27 Jun 1832 Conditional Pardon 1 Jul 1843 Name Mary Openshaw Age 33 Birth Year 1810 Origin Place Bury Conviction Date 10 Mar 1827 Arrival Year 1827 Pardon Date 1 Jul 1843 Vessel Name Louisa Record Type Conditional Pardon Number 44/280
Baptism of Jane Openshaw 4 December 1831 NAME: JANE BORN: 24 September 1831 BAPTISED: 4 December 1831 PLACE BAPTISED: Parramatta PARENTAGE: Daughter of JOHN VAUGHAN & MARY UPPINSHAW [sic: MARY OPENSHAW] PARENTS’ QUALITY OR PROFESSION: Convict ABODE: Parramatta REGISTERED: not recorded BY WHOM THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED: CHAS. DICKINSON, Chap.n Field of Mars [sic] REMARKS: Factory Citation Female Factory Online, (femalefactoryonline.org), “Baptism of JANE UPPINSHAW [sic],” https://femalefactoryonline.org/baptisms/year-1831/bap18311204-4/, accessed [insert current date]. RELATED MATERIAL: JANE OPENSHAW © Copyright Michaela Ann Cameron 2016 https://femalefactoryonline.org/baptisms/year-1831/bap18311204-4/
Brother; William Openshaw. Per ship; Shipley 1822 Father: Joseph Openshaw. Per ship; Sesostris 1826
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Ship: Louisa No; 31 Name; Mary Openshaw. Age; 17 Unable to Read & write. Single, Native County; Bury. Trade; Factory servant & farm girl Offence; Bad notes Trial; Lancaster - 10 March 1827. Life. Height; 5 ft. 3 1/4 Complexion; Ruddy Hair; Dk. Brown Eyes; Lt. Hazel Date of Certificate; Allowed a pardon - June 1843. Assigned; James Chisholm, Sydney Remarks; No marks. Good looking Additional Remarks; FATHER; Jos Openshaw & BROTHER: William Openshaw - both here ----------------------