Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Janet Shaw was transported on the Stately, departing 12th May 1849 and arriving 2nd Sep 1849 with 175 passengers.
Built 1847 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 505 Tons.
Stately (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 55 (29) |
| 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 |
Claims
"Occupation - housemaid; 5ft 1", 21 years of age, Dark complexion; Oval face ; Black hair; High forehead; Brown eyebrows; Grey eyes; Wide mouth. m. gg gf John WARD 1851"
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Convict Notes
High Court of Justiciary. Janet Shaw, Mary Crawford, and John Hamilton, were found guilty of assault and robbery, as also of theft. habit and repute, and previous conviction, having on the 17th August last, in a house in Leith Wynd, Edinburgh, attacked and assaulted Basil Mennie, groom, and robbed him of the sum of five shillings. The prisoners were each sentenced to ten years' transportation. Edinburgh News, 6 Jan 1849.
https://www.oldscottish.com/convict-records-15.html Janet Shaw, occupation, unstated; of 11 Leith Wynd, Edinburgh. Tried Edinburgh, 3 Jan 1849, Sentence, Transportation, 10 years. To VDL per Stately, 12 May 1849.
Died 13Apr1879 at her residence in George Street from Cirrhosis of the Liver.
Description - Occupation - housemaid; 5ft 1", 21 years of age, Dark complexion; Oval face ; Black hair; High forehead; Brown eyebrows; Grey eyes; Wide mouth.
3Jan1839 Tried Edinburgh Court Justiciary. 10 years Assault and Robbery with a Mary Crawford. 12May1849 departed on the STATELY 2Sep1849 arrived Hobart Town, Tasmania
b. 16Mar1828 - Edinburgh, Scotland m. Jean AULD f. Donald SHAW
Janet re-married in 1872 to George FOX - 6 children with four surviving.