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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Dorothy Wetton was transported on the Navarino, departing 5th Oct 1840 and arriving 17th Jan 1841 with 180 passengers.
Built 1808. 493 tons. Several voyages to Australia with convict transportees. Registers of persons currently being updated - not complete as yet. 1840-1841. Departed Dublin 5th.Sept 1842. Arrived Hobart appx 10th Jan 1843. Sailed with 260 convicts including between 40-50 women,girls & children loaded at Kingstown Harbor. Capt A Warning.
Navarino (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 239 (121). Tasmanian Archives - convict records. |
| 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
Dorothy WETTON was convicted at Nottingham, England on 29 June 1840 for stealing stockings, which were found. 7 yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the ship 'Navarion' arriving 17 Jan 1841. Widow, 4 children; aged 44 yrs; house servant; 4' 11" height. Residence: Derbyshire, England. (No recording of her children accompanying her on the voyage or being placed in the Orphanage nr Hobart, although not conclusive as there could be variations in the spelling of the surname.) VDL: Assigned to work services. Clear Conduct Record. Ticket of Leave granted 16 Feb 1844. Free by Servitude 29 June 1847. Free Certificate issued 21 Sept 1847. Application for permission to marry: 2 Feb 1842 - to John HUTCHINS (transported per 'Medina'). Approved. Marriage: 4 April 1842 - Dorothy WETTON aged 45 yrs, widow laundress to John HUTCHNS aged 33 yrs,labourer, bachelor at Church of England, Avoca, VDL. (ref. 37/1/2 no. 1412) Departure from Van Diemen's Land: 2 Sept 1852 left Launceston for Melbourne, Victoria. Steerage passenger on the 'Alice'. Noted that she was "free by servitude", ship to Colony "Navarino". (ref. POL220/1/2)