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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Eliza Sidnem was transported on the Edward, departing 23rd Apr 1834 and arriving 4th Sep 1834 with 151 passengers.
Built 1806 in Bristol, England. 406 tons. 4 voyages to Australia from Britain transporting convicts. Please note some registers of person are not yet complete - a work in progress. ************** 1829 - Edward arrived from Ireland in Sydney Cove; 26 April 1829. Female Convict Ship; Commander; Gilbert. Surgeon Superintendent; William C Watt M.D. Muster held on Board; 28 April 1829. Mustered; 174. Died on Voyage; 3. Total; 177
Edward (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 343 (173) |
| 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
On Friday last, Eliza Sidnam, under sentence of transportation for life; Hannah Doffells and Mary Connett, 14 years ; Mary Perkin, Susan Bissett & Jane Cann, 7 years each, were removed from the Devon County Gaol on their way to Woolwich, in order to being put in order to being put on board the ship Edward, bound for Sidney, New South Wales. On Monday last, Winifred Thomas, under sentence of transportation for life; Thomazin Coombs and Martha Dunn, 7 years each were removed from the Exeter City at Gaol, in order to their being put on board the same ship. North Devon journal, 24 April 1834.
1834 - Source; CON40-1-9. Indent No; 254 Trial; 24 July 1833 Transported for "Highway Robbery" Status; Single Tried with; John Parnell, George Jefferies both transported for Life. 1842 - 24 March. Ticket of Leave 1853 - 25 Oct. Ticket of Leave, Revoked
Eliza was convicted of robbery in England and initially sentenced to death, but then had her sentence commuted to ‘Transportation for Life”. She travelled to Van Diemen’s Land via the ‘Edward’ in 1834, married Stewart Smillie, convict, on the 13th September, 1937, at St John’s Church, Launceston. “Stewart signed his name, Eliza made her mark”, states my cousin Dawn. Eliza was granted a ‘ticket of leave’, (that is, still serving her sentence but not within the confines of a prison) on 29th March 1842, but died (of consumption, i.e. tuberculosis) on the 11 March 1843. Stewart Smillie went on to marry Ellen Beven, a free Irish immigrant. Stewart and Ellen were my great, great, grand parents.