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Transportation
Elizabeth Taylor was transported on the Kains, departing 5th Jul 1830 and arriving 11th Mar 1831 with 121 passengers.
353 tons. 1831 voyage from Britain to Australia: Capt William Lushington GOODWIN. Surgeon: Thrasycles CLARKE. Several children of the female convicts accompanied them. One of the seamen, Charles Picknell, kept a diary of the voyage and excerpts have been published.
Kains (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW State Records, Butts of COF (NRS 12210). Ancestry. The Old Bailey - Online. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 439 (222) |
| 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
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Theft: simple larceny 15th April 1830 976. ELIZABETH TAYLOR was indicted for stealing, on the 3rd of April , 1 sheet, value 10s., and 1 shawl, value 4s. , the goods of Thomas Russell . SARAH RUSSELL . I am the wife of Thomas Russell . The prisoner lodged at our house, in Westminster , for nine days - she had only part of a bed; it was not mentioned whether it was to be taken by the night or not - she went away without giving me notice, she owed something; when she had been gone six or seven days I missed a sheet and a silk shawl. WALTER TANNANT . I am a pawnbroker, in the employ of Mr. Rochford. I have a sheet; I cannot say who pawned it. ISAAC CUTHBERTSON . I took the prisoner, and found eleven duplicates on her, one for this sheet, and this shawl I found at her sister's, No. 20, Great Barlow-street.(Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 24. - Transported for Seven Years https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18300415-310 https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt18300415-310-defend2606 Certificate of Freedom No.39/1042 dated 23 July 1839, Prisoner No.31/72, Trade Housemaid, Year of Birth 1806, Trial 15 April 1830
Elizabeth Taylor (spinster/bond) met and applied for permission to marry fellow convict John Gilmore (bachelor/pardoned)8/2/1838. This was granted and they married 16/3/1838 in Trinity Church, Bathurst NSW. Only one son was born to them (Henry John Gilmore 24/1/1839) before John died in Sydney in 1843.
Application was made 28/2/1838, for Elizabeth and John Gilmore (convict - arriving aboard the 'Eleanor'26/6/1831 - bachelor)to marry in 1838.This was granted and they were married in Trinity Church, Bathurst NSW 16/3/1838.