Mary Turner

Mary Turner, one of 207 convicts transported on the St Vincent, 13 December 1849

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Mary Turner
Aliases:	Mobbs (alias)
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1822
Occupation:	Dressmaker
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 59 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Uttering forged notes
Convicted at:	Central Criminal Court
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	St Vincent
Departure date:	13th December, 1849
Arrival date:	4th April, 1850
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 206 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 119 (61). Tasmanian Archives.
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Nell Murphy on 4th October, 2019 wrote:

Mary TURNER (alias MOBBS) was convicted at the Central Criminal Court, London on 11 June 1849 for uttering counterfieft coin. 7 yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) per the ship “St. Vincent” arriving 4 April 1850.

Single woman; aged 28 yrs; dressmaker; can read; Protestant.

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 4th October, 2019 made the following changes:

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