Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Ann Wood was transported on the Harmony, departing 9th Sep 1828 and arriving 14th Jan 1829 with 101 passengers.
Details for the ship Harmony Ship Name: Harmony Rig Type: S. Built: St. Johns Build Year: 1818 Size (tons): 373 Notes: Source:Website http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/index.php Original sources:Sources The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/6, pp.491-497 Bateson, Charles & Library of Australian History (1983). The convict ships, 1787-1868 (Australian ed). Library of Australian History, Sydney : pp.360-361, 386
Harmony (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 494 |
| 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
"2x great-grandmother"
Convict Notes
Further Information. For further, more detailed information about Thomas and Ann's children and their descendants https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/tree/78725130?cfpid=30391314241
Revised List of Children Of Thomas and Ann Garbett. Due to a number of factors, it was a reasonably complicated task to compile an accurate list. Such factors included: - not all births registered - not all deaths registered - several children died shortly after birth or in infancy - some children died before being named - the name Mary Ann was given to several girls. It seems that when a girl named MA died the name was given to a newly born girl. List. Sarah (1831–1903) Emily (1832–1833) William (1835–1888) Thomas (1837–) Diana Anne (1838–1844) Mary Ann (1840–1841) Mary Ann (1841–1841) (Male) (1842–1842) John (1843–1843) James (1845–1918) Caroline (1846–1847) Mary Ann (1847–1851) Eliza (1849–1891)
Thomas and Ann had another daughter, Diana Anne, born in 1838, but apparently not registered. She died on 22 May 1844, as a result of burns sustained when her dress caught alight when she was playing near the open fireplace. An inquest found her death to be accidental.
Females Transported to Van Diemen’s Land for Highway Robbery. In this study, sixty-four women whose crime is listed as ‘highway robbery were identified ’in the Female Convicts Research Centre database. Ann Wood is just one of the women whose story appears in: Appendix 11 FCRC Spring Seminar, Hobart, 26 October 2016 PROLOGUE: THE STORY BEHIND THE CONVICT STORY – WOMEN’S LIVES BEFORE TRANSPORTATION WICKED WOMEN: FEMALES TRANSPORTED TO VAN DIEMEN’S LAND FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY Don Bradmore ANN WOOD (Harmony, 1829) On 13 March 1828, Ann WOOD and a male accomplice, John SIMPSON, stood trial on a charge of highway robbery at the Lent session of the Stafford Assizes. 15 The prosecutor, described by the Staffordshire Advertiser of 22 March 1828 as a ‘defenceless old man’ admitted that he was not quite sober when returning home from a nearby market on the night of 23 August 1827. He had only gone about a quarter of a mile from the market when a woman came up to him, took his arm, and began to address him with ‘loose discourse’. As this was happening, her male companion came up and struck him violently on the head two or three times. The woman then took his shoes and jacket as well as his knife and half a sovereign and ran off together. He then returned to the market where he told a constable about the incident. Four hours later, the constable found Wood and Simpson in bed together with the stolen jacket lying on the bed and the knife in one of the pockets. The court was told that Wood and Simpson had been out together that night and had not returned to their lodgings until after midnight. The jury found both guilty and a sentence of death was recorded in each case. Ann arrived in Van Diemen’s Land on 13 September 1829.
Surgeon’s Journal of Her Majesty’s Female Convict Ship Harmony Mr William CLIFFORD Surgeon Between the 24th July 1828 and the 2nd February 1829 Adm. 101 32/4 Medical and Surgical Journal of Her Majesty’s Convict Ship Harmony between the 24th July 1828 and the 2nd February 1829 during which time the said shop has been employed in a voyage to Van Diemen’s Land with Female Convicts. Transcript of Surgeon's Journal (Courtesy of Colleen Arulappu) https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/ships/Harmony1829_SurgeonsJournal.pdf
Meaning of Highway Robbery Highway Robbery There are complexities in defining the term ‘highway robbery’ but the usual elements of the crime include: • a robbery committed in a public street or road, whether in the countryside or within a city or town • the robbery is accompanied by violence, or the threat of violence, or some form of intimidation • the victim is put in considerable fear • some property is removed from the victim and taken away Source: FCRC Spring Seminar, Hobart, 23 October 2016 PROLOGUE: THE STORY BEHIND THE CONVICT STORY – WOMEN’S LIVES BEFORE TRANSPORTATION WICKED WOMEN: FEMALES TRANSPORTED TO VAN DIEMEN’S LAND FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY Don Bradmore
Detailed description of life in the female factories, including the Cascades Female Factory can be found at the Convict Female Factories Research Association website.https://sites.google.com/site/convictfemalefactories/life-in-the-factories/life-in-van-diemen-s-land-factories
Death of Ann Wood. Ann Wood died on 17 December 1871. Source Information Ancestry.com. Tasmania, Australia, Index to Death Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Original data: J & F O’Shea and K & A Whitton, comp. “Indexes to Birth, Death and Marriage Notices.” Tasmanian Family History Society Inc., Hobart Branch.
Residence On registration documents (birth/death) of her children, Ann Wood listed several different addresses. From 1841 to 1842 her address was given as Cascade, Hobart. In 1843 it was 78 Murray Street, in 1847 it was Brisbane Street, and in 1849 it was given as Hope Island.
Children of Ann Wood and Thomas Garbett. The following births of children were found in the Registrar General's records:- William born 28/7/1835 baptised 16/4/1837 (RGD 7561/1837) Thomas born 20/1/1837 baptised 16/4/1837 (RGD 7562/1837) female born 15/5/1841 (RGD 337/1841 Hobart) male born 6/7/1842 (RGD 908/1842 Hobart) John born 27/6/1843 (RGD 1547/1843 Hobart) female born 29/8/1847 (RGD 220/1847 Hobart baptised Mary Ann at St. David's, Hobart female born 8/12/1849 (RGD 1990/1849 Hobart) later named Eliza The following deaths were recorded:- Mary Ann Garbett aged 18 months died 19/1/1841 (accidental) (RGD 577/1841 Hobart) male Garbett aged 13 days died 19/7/1842 (convulsions) (RGD 1101/1842 Hobart) Caroline Garbutt aged 6 months died 1/1/1847 (convulsions) (RGD 1288/1847 Hobart) Descendants' family trees in Ancestry.com.au also list Sarah (1831 - 1903) and Emily (1832 - 1833) as children of Ann and Thomas. Apparently they were not registered. Various spellings of the surname were used in these registrations. The most common spelling was Garbett, but others were: Garbeth, Garbatt, Garbutt. Most of the events were registered by Ann Garbett who gave her mark (i.e. she could not sign her name). In the registration of the female in May 1841 (RGD 337/1841) the mother's name is given as Mary.