Elizabeth Robinson

Elizabeth Robinson, one of 89 convicts transported on the Earl of Liverpool, December 1830

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Elizabeth Robinson
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1808
Occupation:	House servant
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:	Stealing
Convicted at:	Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	America
Departure date:	30th December, 1830
Arrival date:	9th May, 1831
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 181 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 537 (271). Tasmanian Archives.
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 23rd May, 2016 wrote:

Elizabeth Robinson was convicted at CCC, London on 28 Oct 1830 for stealing money. 7yr sentence. Elizabeth was to be transported to Australia on the ‘Earl of Liverpool’ but was transferred to the ship ‘America’ to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), arriving 9 May 1831.

Assignments in Colony and time at Female Factory House of Correction, Hobart.
Ticket of Leave granted.

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 23rd May, 2016 made the following changes:

voyage, source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 537 (271). Tasmanian Archives. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 537 (271)