Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Wiffen was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 28th Mar 1840 and arriving 13th Jul 1840 with 214 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 182 |
| 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 |
Claims
"Mary is my 3 x great grandmother. She married a fellow convict, George Simmonds."
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Convict Notes
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) Fri 12 Jul 1844 [Issue No.63] Page 906 THE undermentioned Prisoners having absconded from the individuals and employments set against their respective names, and some of them being at large with stolen Certificates and Tickets of Leave, all Constables and others are hereby required and commanded to use their utmost exertion in apprehending and lodging them in safe custody. Any person harbouring or employing any of the said Absentees, will be prosecuted as the law directs. The age of the prisoners is calculated up to the present time J. McLEAN 21st June. Wiffen Mary, Surry (9), 25, Glasgow, house servant, 5 feet ¾ inch, sallow comp., light brown hair, hazel eyes, lost a front tooth left side of upper jaw, mark of a burn below right jaw, from H. Bond, Pitt-street, since 6th instant. THOMAS RYAN, Chief Clerk. | Principal Superintendent of Convicts
Marys daughter is buried in Parramatta cemetery age 5
On the NAS archives of her trial Mary was listed as a 'Mill worker' and her she was from Gallowgate, Glasgow. 1846: TOL, Liverpool 23/7/1846: COF
Mary had one child with her on the voyage. She was transported for stealing clothes, perhaps for her child. On 31-5-1846 she married George Simmonds at Boorowa, NSW and then they travelled down to Tarrawingee, Victoria where they farmed and reaised 10 children. Mary was burried at Tarrawingee cementery on 13-1-1873. Husband George Simmonds was burried at same cementery on 18-2-1868.Their youngest of 10 children Gilbert David Simmonds married Henrietta Swinburne 1892 my grand parents.@ children Elsie and Margery (tainsh) my mother