Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Mary Owens was transported on the Arab, departing 14th Dec 1835 and arriving 25th Apr 1836 with 133 passengers.
Arab had another voyage as a convict ship - after discharging 228 prisoners in Hobart, Arab departed on 26 July 1834 with 11 prisoners for Sydney; arrived there on 15 August 1834. Source: The Sydney Herald, Monday 18 August 1834 p 2 Two of the prisoners were William COMSTIVE, and Thomas HORTON - both having arrived in VDL per "Lady Ridley" 1821; and both having been sentenced to secondary transportation.
Arab (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 215 (110) |
| 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
CON19-1-12/CON19-1-12p148 Trade; Housemaid & needlewoman Aged; 24 year old Native Place; Llangothlin
1837, 15 November: Richard Gardiner per KS Forbes (1832) and Mary Owens per Arab were granted permission to marry (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-1p032j2k). 1838, 3 January: The couple was married at St David's, Hobart Town. Richard had a Ticket of Leave while Mary was still a convict (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-3p135j2k). Richard, a weaver from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, was 20 when he and another man were sentenced, at Gloucester in 1831, to 7 years' transportation. They broke into the home of Richard Verrinder at Oldbury-on-the-Hill and stole a pair of sugar tongs, a tablespoon, a dessert spoon, three teaspoons, a pair of silver spectacles, a gun, two pairs of shoes, some calico and other property valued at 7 pounds. When he arrived in VDL in 1832, Richard was 21 and listed as a pastry cook and house servant (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-10$init=CON18-1-10p22).