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Transportation
Susan White 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 - convicts http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON41-1-14,143,137,L,80. St. Johns Orphan School. Tasmanian Pioneer Index BDM. |
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Convict Notes
FRIENDS OF THE ORPHAN SCHOOL Orphan Number: 5630 Orphan: John WHITE Mother: WHITE, Susan Father: EVANS, James Mother's ship: Waverley Father's ship: Age when admitted: 5yrs Date admitted: 29 Oct 1847 Date discharged: 16 Mar 1851 Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School Discharged to: mother, Ticket of Leave Remarks: References: SWD7, 28 1854 - DEPARTURES. 13 Jun 1854 Susan White & John White [Native of VDL] From Launceston per Ship: Black Swan Ship to colony: Waverley Bound to: Melbourne as a Steerage passenger Status: Free by servitude
1847: married, 3 children accompanied her on voyage. Father of children is recorded as James Evans. Native Place: Wicklow Roman Catholic; can read; housemaid/laundress; 5'3"; 31yrs of age; fresh complexion; black hair; grey eyes. Assigned in Colony to Anson Gang. Clear conduct record. Ticket of Leave 23/04/1850 Conditional Pardon 30/03/1852 Free Certificate 28/12/1853 Children: JOHN White aged 5yrs. Admitted to St. Johns Queens Orphanage, New Town (nr Hobart) on 29/10/1847. Mother: Susan White per Waverley. Father: James Evans. Discharged to mother, now on Ticket of Leave, 16/03/1851. ? FRANCIS EVANS (mother's name is not recorded, but father is James Evans. Possibly her child - examination of reference record would reveal.) Admitted to Queens Orphanage, New Town on 11/05/1855 aged 5yrs. Died 07/12/1855 at Orphanage, of consumption. Buried 08/12/1855 St. Johns Cemetery, New Town. (ref. 460/1855-35 Hobart district)
Susan White was convicted at Wicklow, Ireland on 21/10/1846 for stealing wearing apparrel. 7yr sentence. Transported to Van diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the 'Waverley', arriving 25/10/1847.