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
Marriage of Ann Wood and Thomas Garbett. According to their marriage certificate (No. 412), they were married on 6 June, 1831 in the Parish of Hobart Town, County of Buckingham by Senior Chaplain, William Bedford. Both made their mark with an X as they could not write. Source: Marriage Certificate No. 412, in the Archives Office of Tasmania (RGD 1586/1831)
The Cascades Female Factory. The Female House of Correction referred to in Ann Wood's Colonial Experiences was the Cascades Female Factory. History of the Cascades Female Factory Built in 1828 and operating until 1856, the Cascades Female Factory became one of Tasmania's longest running penal institutions. Located outside Hobart the Female Factory was intended to remove the women convicts from the negative influences and temptations of the town, and also to protect society from what was seen as their immorality and corrupting influence. The Factory was located, however, in an area of damp swamp land, which added greatly to the ill health and suffering of the women and children who lived in the prison. Factory layout The administrative centre of Cascades Female Factory, Yard 1, accepted its first 100 women in 1828. The yard, formerly a distillery, had been converted into seven walled spaces that included a hospital, nursery, kitchen, store and workrooms and a chapel. Women and children were listed in the convict records, given government clothing and sent into a system of punishment, hard work and religious instruction until they were considered suitable for release as domestic servants. Yard 3, built in 1845 contained 112 separate cells used for solitary confinement. While male convicts were often punished with flogging, 19th century morality didn't accept such punishment for women. Yards 1, 2 and 3 contained small cells in which women were punished in solitary confinement. Additional punishments included shaving or cutting hair, the wearing of heavy iron collars, and hard labour. Yard 4 was opened in 1850 as the specially designed nursery yard. Mothers with their babies stayed in Yard 4 until the babies were weaned at between three and nine months of age. The mothers were then returned to the other yards of the Female Factory and the babies cared for by other weaning mothers. Mothers were sentenced to six months in the Crime Class following the weaning of their children. There was a high infant mortality rate due to the enforced early weaning and unhygienic conditions in the prison. Children who survived to two or three years of age were sent to the orphan schools in Hobart until they were reclaimed by their mothers or able to support themselves. A wall, built around 1849, separated the matron's cottage and its garden from the nursery section of Yard 4. The matron lived in the house, which also was used as a gate lodge and included a room for messengers who communicated between the officials in the other yards of the Female Factory. Changing approaches to punishment and reform Cascades Female Factory included a range of infrastructure associated with its different functions. The move from convict dormitories in Yard 1 to the solitary cells in Yard 3 built in 1845 is illustrated in the archaeological record. Following the introduction of the probationary period for convicts in Tasmania in 1838, newly arrived women were employed for six months sewing and spinning and taught basic reading and writing. After their six-month probation period, prisoners with a record of good conduct were assigned to settlers as domestic servants. During this probationary period isolation from fellow convicts was enforced to encourage repentance and reform. A site of great suffering The Cascade Female Factory quickly became notorious for lack of industry, overcrowding, disease, and high birth and mortality rates. The appalling living conditions and excessively death rate were the subject of numerous inquests and government inquiries. By 1838, 208 children had died within the factory out of the population of 794 children admitted or born in the factory since its opening. This death rate of more than one in four was considerably higher than that in the general Hobart District. Unlike other prisons, children and poor women suffered the most, and not usually as a result of the system of punishments. Source: Australian Government - Department of the Environment pamphlet: National Heritage Places - Cascades Female Factory
Sources for Ann Wood - Colonial Experiences: Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls by Phillip Tardif. Original source citations are listed in this book.
Another Alias? - Mary Wood / Garbett On the registration of birth of a female child on 15 May 1841 (RGD 337/1841 Hobart) the mother's name is listed as Mary
Ann Wood - Colonial Experiences 1846 - 1855 1846, January6: Conditional Pardon recommended. Having held a Ticket of Leave above 7 years and a half uninterruptedly and nearly 10 years having elapsed since she was charged with the commission of any offence. 1846, December 8: Pardon (excluding Great Britain and Ireland) approved. 1855, May 30: Hobart Quarter Session. Feloniously receiving a watch, the value of 15 pounds, the property of Edward Freeman. To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 3 years.
Ann Wood - Colonial Experiences 1835 - 1841 1835 Muster: Assigned to Mrs DeGraves 1836, May 30: Garwood. Being in a public house. Reprimanded. 1838, December7: Ticket of Leave. 1840, March 4: TL. Being drunk. Discharged. 1841 Muster: Holding a Ticket of Leave.
Ann Wood - Colonial Experiences 1831 - 1833 1831, January 20: Applied to marry Thomas Garbett, free. 1831, March 16: Again applied to marry Thomas Garbett. 1831, June 6: Married Thomas Garbett in Hobart Town. 1832 Muster: Assigned to Mr Degreaves. 1833, May 31: Wife of Garbett. Drunk. Fined 5 shillings. 1833 Muster: Holding a Ticket of Leave.
Ann Wood - Colonial Experiences 1829 1829, February 19: H. J. Emmett. Leaving her Master's house and quitting the premises in the night of Monday last and last evening without leave. Cell on bread and water 7 days and Crime Class, House of Correction. 1829, July 27: F. Smith. Absenting herself without leave yesterday. Returned to the Female House of Correction. 1829, October 19: Mrs Eldridge. Having a man concealed in the house of her Master after it was locked up for the night. Cell on bread and water 6 days and placed in the Crime Class, House of Correction and afterwards sent to the Interior.
Sources for name, crime, sentence, arrival and residence: Source Citation Class: HO 27; Piece: 36; Page: 153 Source Information Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Home Office: Criminal Registers, Middlesex and Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and Wales; Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies, Series HO 26 and HO 27; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Source Citation Class: HO 10; Piece: 39 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Home Office: Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO10, Pieces 5, 19-20, 32-51); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Source Citation Class: HO 10; Piece: 48 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Home Office: Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO10, Pieces 5, 19-20, 32-51); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Source Citation Class: HO 10; Piece: 49 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Home Office: Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO10, Pieces 5, 19-20, 32-51); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Source Citation Class: HO 10; Piece: 50 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Home Office: Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO10, Pieces 5, 19-20, 32-51); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Source Citation Class: HO 10; Piece: 51 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Home Office: Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO10, Pieces 5, 19-20, 32-51); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.
Details for the ship Harmony (2) (1829) Ship Name: Harmony (2) Rig Type: S. Built: St. Johns Build Year: 1818 Size (tons): 373 Voyage Details Master: Bennett Ireland Surgeon: William Clifford Sailed: 13 September 1828 From: Downs Arrived: 14 January 1829 Port: VDL Route: Days Travel: 123 Convicts Landed: 0 males & 100 female convicts 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