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
Ann Wood - Description Native Place. Henson (Staffordshire) Trade. Farm Servant Literacy. Can read only Height. 5ft 01/4 in Age. 21 (1829) Head. Oval Hair. Brown Visage. Oval Forehead. Perpendicular Eyebrows. Brown Eyes. Hazel Nose. Medium length Mouth. Medium width Chin. Medium length Remarks. Little finger right hand slightly deformed Source: Archive Office of Tasmania. Document CON 18-24
Ann Wood Harmony Police number 127 Convicted at Stafford Assizes Conviction date and sentence: 13 March 1828. Life (Death recorded) Transported for Highway Robbery Gaol report: Not known before. Good disposition. Single. Stated this offence: Highway Robbery. Prosecutor Mr Smith. Mother at Stafford, Sarah Wood, charwoman. I was last in the service of Mr Galloway, a farmer, at native place Henson, Staffordshire. Single. Protestant.
Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls. Many of the details for Ann Wood listed here appear in Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls. The story of the 1600 convict women sent to Van Diemen's Land from 1803 to 1829. Author: Phillip Tardif. Published as a book in 1990 and re-released as a CD in 2006. Another important source is the Archive Office of Tasmania where much of the same information is available. Several documents provided as copies by the Archive Office are: Ann Wood Convict Record CON 18-24 Ann Wood Convict Record 42-1 Ann Wood Convict Record CON 40-9 The other principal source of information is The Female Convicts in Van Diemen's Land Database which can be accessed on The Female Convicts' Research Centre website. http://femaleconvicts.org.au/index.php/research/database Original source citations are provided where known.
Aliases are listed in the Female Convicts in Van Diemen's Land Database. This database is accessed online through The Female Convicts' Research Centre. According to this database - Garbard appears on death record Garbett is her married name Garbeth appears on several of her children's birth registrations