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Transportation
Emma Trueman was transported on the Grenada, departing 1st Sep 1826 and arriving 23rd Jan 1827 with 88 passengers.
Grenada (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 70 |
| 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
Her real name was Emily Amelia Thornton – when arrested she gave the name of Emma Trueman – she was tried under that alias, her convict record on entry into Australia was under that alias and she then had to marry under that name as well. Old Bailey: EMMA TRUEMAN, Theft > grand larceny, 12th January 1826. Reference Number: t18260112-153 Offence: Theft > grand larceny Verdict: Guilty Punishment: Transportation Navigation: < Previous text (trial account) | Next text (trial account) > EMMA TRUEMAN was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of September, 14 yards of cotton, value 10s., the goods of John D'Oyly. ANGELIOUS BERTRAUN. I was in Oxford-street about four o'clock in the evening of the 13th of December, and saw the prisoner opposite Mr. D'Oyly's shop, near the Pantheon; she put her hand inside the door-way, and put something under her shawl - went to the next door, and then came back by the shop again - I crossed over and met her - I asked her what she had got, she said nothing; I turned back her shawl and found the cotton, which I took back to the shop, where they owned it. EVAN DAVIS. I am in the employ of Mr. John D'Oyly, Bertraun brought the prisoner back with the piece of cotton, which I had seen within the door about half an hour before. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. It was distress. GUILTY . Aged 17. Transported for Seven Years. 13/5/1828: Permission to marry Laurence Gill, aged 29, free (Laurece Gill was transported on the Dorothy 1820) – Emma was 19 and on bond. 11/6/1828: Married at Sackville Reach, NSW – they had 10 children. 21/6/1887: Emma died at Colo, Richmond, NSW, aged 78 of senile decay – she had been ill for some months.