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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Mary Tomlinson was transported on the Morley, departing 17th May 1820 and arriving 30th Sep 1820 with 124 passengers.
The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.
Morley (generic)References
| Primary Source | England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892, Lancashire-1819 |
| 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
Mary was a single woman from Manchester. She had pick-pocketed £5 and a handkerchief from a William Houldsworth along with another man and woman who both received jail sentences after their convictions at Salford New Bailey. She left Lancaster Castle along with eleven other convict women at the end of April 1820 and arrived on board ship on the 28th of that month. Ship surgeon Thomas Reid described the Lancaster women as displaying 'riotous conduct and mischievous behaviour'. She was assigned to general service on arrival and had been given a report as 'very good' by Reid. Despite the good report, Mary was sent to the Parramatta Female Factory where she still was in 1821. By the following year though, she was recorded as the wife of William Dixon at Parramatta (ship- General Hewitt); they had married at St Johns the previous January. In 1825 she was listed as a general servant to William (a shoemaker). Mary died, free, in late August 1828; she was buried on the 27th August at St Johns Cemetery, recorded as age 32.