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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Roy was transported on the Waverley, departing 4th Sep 1842 and arriving 15th Dec 1842 with 139 passengers.
Built 1838 at Whitby. Wood barque of 436 Tons. (Incomplete registers for persons transported on these sailings of the Waverley - a work in progress) 1847 - 129 female prisoner, 32 children. 39 Free females
Waverley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Tasmanian Convict Records. Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:850819 Resource: RGD37/1/14 no 162 References: CSD1/119/4177 |
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Convict Notes
Orphan Number: 1312 Orphan: James CURTIS Mother: ROY, Mary Father: , Mother's ship: Waverley Father's ship: Age when admitted: 8yrs Date admitted: 14 Sep 1857 Date discharged: Institution(s): Queens Orphan School Discharged to: Remarks: mother married Charles Edward Mortimer References: CSD1/119/4177 Orphan Number: 1313 Orphan: John CURTIS Mother: ROY, Mary Father: , Mother's ship: Waverley Father's ship: Age when admitted: 3yrs Date admitted: 14 Sep 1857 Date discharged: Institution(s): Queens Orphan School Discharged to: Remarks: mother married Charles Edward Mortimer References: CSD1/119/4177 1855 - 12 March 1855. Charles Edward Mortimer, aged 27 years old. Mariner Mary Ann Curtis. Aged; 33 years old. Widow.
There is a birth registration of a child in Brighton district, 1845: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26/RGD33-1-26-P252 Born July 11 1845, Joseph Curtis, father Joseph Curtis, mother Mary Curtis, formerly Noy, Father a labourer. The informant was Mary Curtis, resident at Brighton.
About her husband, Joseph Curtis. Sources: Marion Watson Indent Record. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON16-1-1/CON16-1-1/CON16-1-1P96 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON16-1-1/CON16-1-1/CON16-1-1P97 Convict Conduct Record. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON35-1-1/CON35-1-1P126 No 2464. Joseph Curtis, arrived in NSW per Sir Charles Kerr, as part of the Guard, a soldier in the 80th Regiment, and following a colonial sentence, was transported to VDL per Marian Watson, arriving in VDL 2 July 1839. He was tried at Windsor QS, 17 May 1839, sentenced to 7 years transportation. His trade was a house servant, age 21, native place Rotherham. He gained his ticket of Leave 1/1/44. He had served 4 years in the 80th Regiment. His offences: Windsor Quarter Sessions. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1839. (Before W. M. Manning, Esquire, Chairman ; William Cox, George M. C. Bowen, David Dunlop, Esquires, J. P. ; and a Civil Jury.) Joseph Curtis,private 80th Regiment, was indicted for stealing a silver watch, value four pounds, from the person of Thomas Holmes, the property of the Queen. Guilty. Transported to Van Diemen's Land for seven years. [This prisoner was convicted at the Supreme Court, Sydney, about 9 months since, of robbery, and was one of the soldiers who made their escape from Carters' Barracks some time ago.] Commercial Journal, 29 May 1839. The two soldiers of the 80th regiment, Favell and Curtis, for the robbing and stripping an old man at Cumming's public house, on the Brickfield Hill, were tried on Thursday before Mr Justice Burton and a Civil Jury, and found guilty. They were remanded for sentence. The Australian, 10 Nov 1838. Domestic Intelligence. Under the recent Acts of Parliament which were adopted during the late Session, the Judges are empowered to substitute imprisonment with hard labor or solitary confinement instead of transportation, in cases of robbery where there is no actual violence. Under this provision, on Friday, Mr. Judge Burton sentenced two soldiers named Farrel and Curtis,convicted of robbing a man named Rellis, to be imprisoned for six months, to be kept to hard labor and solitary confinement on alternate months. Sydney Herald, 12 Nov 1838. Carters' Barracks.—On Wednesday night six soldiersconfined in Carters' Barracks as the House of Correction , pursuant to sentences of Courts Martial, effected their escapeby picking a hole in a wall of the ward in which they were confine communicating with the court; thence they must have escaped by clambering over the outer wall of the prison. The ringleader is supposed to be a troublesome fellow named Kelly, formerly a serjeant in the 28th Regiment, but put into the ranks for misconduct. Information of the escape of the prisoners was communicated to the Commander of the Forces immediately on the discovery. Parties of the Mounted Police and the military were despatched in all directions to the country in quest of the fugitives, but up to last night the search had proved fruitless. The Colonist, 17 Nov 1838. We are glad to learn that the six soldierswho effected their escape, during the last week, from the Carter's Barrack, are all captured. For this, we are indebted to the prompt and acute measures taken by our active and intelligent Police Magistrate at Parramatta. Information of the soldiers' escape from the Carters' Barracks having casually reached him on the day following, he immediately applied to the Commanding Officer of the troops at Parramatta for a few men — with these, and as many of the constabulary as could be spared, he formed a sort of cordon, extending from the Hunter's River road, on the north, to George's River, on the south ; and, as our worthy Magistrate anticipated, the fugitives had taken that line of march. We view the capture of these men as a very fortunate circumstance.; for, according to their own confession, their plan of operations was of a very determinate and fearful character. If successful, it is not easy to say where or how it would have ended. We think it not necessary to particularise — we have only to say that we are glad these men are not at large, and to commend the zeal and activity of the Magistrate through whose instrumentality they were taken. The Australian, 20 Nov 1838.
Marriage Permissions https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON52-1-2/CON52-1-2P147 2464, Joseph Curtis, per Marion Watson, and 271, Mary Roy, per Waverley, date of permission, 31 Jan 1844. Approved. Marriage Registration. Brighton District, 1844. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-4/RGD37-1-4P121 Married 19 Feb 1844, at Penrith Church, Joseph Curtis, 27, Labourer, bachelor, and Mary Roy, 25, spinster, Health (?) woman, married by minister, John Burrows. Witnesses were William Hazell and Mary Ann Hazell.
Conduct Record. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON40-1-8/CON40-1-8/CON40-1-8P222 No 270. Mary Roy, Surgeon’s Report. Excessively Quiet and well behaved. T.L. 18/11/45. Recd for a C. Pardon, 17/8/47. Cond Pardon Approved, 30/1/49. See record for full details.
Her offences in Belfast. Belfast Quarter Sessions. Mary Roy, receiving stolen goods, 4 months imprisonment; Belfast News-Letter, 22 April 1834. Margaret McKee, Mary Roy, and Agnus Neill, for stealing, Belfast, 30s note and 10s in silver, the property of James Walker, of Killead. Guilty; McKee to be transported for seven years,—the others be confined in the House of Correction for six months. Northern Whig, 27 Oct 1838. Robt. Hamilton, Peter Toner, Bella Kelly, and Mary Roy, were all indicted for breaking into the house of Charles Liddy, the 20th of February, taking therefrom a shawl and some other articles. All Guilty; Toner and Kelly six months’ imprisonment, Hamilton and Roy, old offenders, seven years’ transportation. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 20 April 1842.
Waverley Indent Record, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON15-1-2/CON15-1-2/CON15-1-2P80 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON15-1-2/CON15-1-2/CON15-1-2P81 270. Mary Roy, age 26, House maid and Sempstress, tried Antrim, 12 April 1842, 7 years. Native place, Belfast. Single, Religion, C.E. Can read and write. Relations: 1 B Jas. At sea. 2 S, Jane and Eliza at N.P. 2 ½ years on the Town. Transported for House robbery, pr at Belfast, once for same, 4 wks, 6 mos for money.