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Voyage
Transportation
Alice Tompkin was transported on the Waverley, departing 19th Jul 1847 and arriving 25th Oct 1847 with 44 passengers.
Built 1838 at Whitby. Wood barque of 436 Tons. (Incomplete registers for persons transported on these sailings of the Waverley - a work in progress) 1847 - 129 female prisoner, 32 children. 39 Free females
Waverley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Tasmanian Archives - convict records Friends of the Orphan School |
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Convict Notes
Link to record of her husband John Northwood https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/northwood/john/25393. It is understood John Northwood died in 1868. Further marriage for an Alice NORTHWOOD, widow, to Benjamin REEVE at Church of Christ, Longford, Tasmania 14 Jan 1869.
Alice TOMPKIN was convicted at Wexford, Ireland on 3 April 1847 for sheep stealing. 3 previous convictions. 7 yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the ship 'Waverley' 1847. Aged 52 yrs; married woman, 5 children - 1 to accompany her on voyage; 5'1 1/4" height; country servant; pale complexion; brown/grey hair; blue eyes; Protestant. Native place of birth: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Husband: Andrew Tompkin or Tonkin, at native place. Brother: John Sisters: Mary & Catherine (note: convict records do not state Alice's maiden name) Orphan School/Orphanage Hobart has a record for Eliza TOMPKIN, aged 8 yrs, admitted on 29 Oct 1847. Mother - Alice Tompkin, per Waverley ship. Father - Andrew Tompkin. Discharged 7 Aug 1849 to mother, now free. (Note: it was a general requirement by the Govt of the day for children of convicted women to be placed in care so that the mother could work.) (ref. SWD7,28) VDL: 6 mths Probation period. Stationed on the 'Anson' hulk, River Derwent, Hobart. 1849: 1 month hard labour at the Female Factory, Hobart. 10 July 1849: Application for permission to marry, in the Colony - to John Northwood (free, by servitude, transported per 'Layton' 1835). Approved. 17 July 1849: Marriage - Alice Tonkins (however incorrectly indexed on records as "Jenkins"), aged 48yrs; widow to John Northwood, aged 37 yrs, blacksmith. At St. Pauls Church, Richmond, VDL. 18 Feb 1851: Ticket of Leave granted. 12 March 1855: Certificate of Freedom.