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Crime
Transportation
Elizabeth Skilling was transported on the Tory, departing 26th Apr 1848 and arriving 6th Aug 1848 with 170 passengers.
Built 1842 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 512 Tons. Three (3) sailings transporting convicts to Australia: 1845; 1846/47 & 1848. Passengers on the 1846 voyage are still being listed, on this site. Please note this if searching records.
Tory (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 307 (155) |
| 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
Elizabeth Skilling, 22 yrs, married, a sewer, convicted of theft, habit repute, sentenced to 7 yrs at Paisley on the 30 Jan 1848. Also, 3 times previously convicted of theft. Prison Registers and Statistical Returns - page 180 1843-1850 HO 24/12
National Records of Scotland: Precognition against Elizabeth Leitch for the crime of theft and previous conviction Elizabeth Leitch, wife of Angus Leitch, labourer, Greenock, m.s. Skilling, Address: Dalrymple Street, Greenock, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty in terms of own confession, Sentence: Transportation - 7 years. Elizabeth was 23 years old on arrival in VDL - she was 4' 8 1/2" tall, dark complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, mole under right eye, can read and write, married. 27/10/18251: Married James Hobbs (Isabella 1842) at St John's, Campbell Town - they had 1 son, Frederick John born 27/12/1851 and died 15/1/1852 aged 17 days, died of Debility. 9/12/1851: TOL 28/9/1852: TOL Revoked. 4/1/1853: TOL 19/7/1853: Recommended for a CP 16/5/1854: CP 25/4/1854: Elizabeth died aged 29 of Apoplexy - at 87 Melville Street, Hobart.