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Voyage
Transportation
Martha Saffron was transported on the Platina, departing 22nd Apr 1837 and arriving 22nd Oct 1837 with 113 passengers.
Platina (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 39 (21) |
| 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
Real name Saffron. Martha Saffron was listed as 16 years old on arrival - she was born in London. She was 4'9" tall, illiterate. 13/4/1840: Married William Bloomfield, she was 18 and he was 22 and a shoemaker, married at St David's, Hobart. Children: BLOOMFIELD WILLIAM GEORGE 1840 BLOOMFIELD M 1842 BLOOMFIELD HENRY THOMAS 1847 BLOOMFIELD ROBERT JAMES 1849 BLOOMFIELD MARGARET SOPHIA 1851 BLOOMFIELD M 1854 BLOOMFIELD JOSEPH GREEN 1855 2/6/1843: TOL 1844: Free Certificate There is a book written about this family by: Dora Minnie: A Family's Decisions - R. J. White - Google Books https://books.google.com › Fiction › General 18/10/1853 Colonial Times, Hobart: NOTICE-Whereas my wife Martha Bloomfield has left her home, -without any just cause or provocation, After this notice, I will uot be answerable for any debts she may contract ; and any-one harbouring her after this notice will be prosecuted as the law directs. Murray-street, WILLIAM BLOOMFIELD. Oct. 20, 1853. 2865 10/10/1861 The Mercury, Hobart: Breaking Windows.-John Hall complained of Martha Bloomfield, alias Poynton for that she broke 6 panes of glass in the window of his house in Brisbane-street. The defendant pleaded guilty and said that the complainant was harbouring her husband. She was ordered to pay 9s. damage, and costs, or in default to be imprisoned.
Attn: Pat Bloomfield - I have some information regarding the children of Joseph Bloomfield and Sarah Whittingham. Yes, they had 6 children. Norman, Elsie, Clarence, Rita, Hilda and Thelma Gladys(my great grandmother!)I would very much like to connect with you!
Joseph Green Bloomfield (born 1855) married Sarah Ann Whittingham. Of that marriage my grandfather Norman Oswald Bloomfield was born but feel there were more children of this marriage. Norman married Daisy Pearl Brown and my father Norman Roy Bloomfield was the 3rd of their 6 children
Their 6th child Joseph Green Bloomfield was my great grandfather who was born in 1856
Married William Bloomfield and had 6 children