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Anne Woods was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.
394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.
Palambam (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 |
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Convict Notes
County of Antrim Assizes. Ann Woods, for feloniously uttering a forged note of the Bank of Scotland, with intent to defraud Mr. Wm. Mills. Robert Plunkett - Is an apprentice with Mr. Mills, in Wating-street - prisoner came to the shop on 20th Jan.- bought a few shillings worth of goods, and handed a Scotch guinea note in payment-witness went out to get it changed -went to Mr. Cramisie's office, who said it was bad - Mr. Cramisie came up to the shop with the note, and the prisoner snapped at it, got half of it, and put it in her mouth-Mi. Mill's porter got it out of her mouth. Mr. John Crainsie - Last witness came into his office with the note; knew it to be a forgery; asked where he got it, he said it was from a woman who was buying some goods in Mr. Mill's shop; went up to the shop and asked where she had got tie note, she said in Scotland, and that she lived in No. 3, North street, and then she said she lived else where; could give no satisfactory account of the note; Mr. Mills sent for a police officer; officer asked to see the note, when prisoner snapped at it, and got one half of it, arid put it in her mouth ; the officer forced it out. Mr A. Bonnar, one of the Directors of the Royal Bank of Scotland, proved the note to be forged. Guilty. Belfast News-Letter, 30 Mar 1830.
UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856 Name; Mrs Woods Infant Age: No age Treatment Year: 1831 Treatment Place: United Kingdom Nature of the Disease; Diarrhea Date taken ill: 3rd May 1831 Discharged; 16th May 1831 - Cured New South Wales, Australia, Wives & Children of Irish Convicts, 1825-1840 Anne Woods. Convict on board mother of Mary Anne Woods. Remarks Born Dec 1831 parents Samuel & Anne Woods Page number 269 © 1997-2025 Ancestry
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Name; Ann Woods Ship; Palambam - 1831 Indent No; 216 - 31. 9 Age; 23 Est birth Year; 1808 Read & Write; Married 1 male child and 1 female child (FEMALE CHILD ON BOARD) Religion; Protestant Native Place; Belfast Calling; Not assignable - Scorbutic (Definition of scorbutic : of, relating to, producing, or affected with scurvy : of, relating to, producing, or affected with scurvy a scorbutic diet) Offence; Forged Notes Date of Trial: Antrim Sentence;7 years Height; 5 ft. 3 in. Complexion; Sallow Hair; Dark Brown Eyes; Hazel Noted against name; C37/374 ------------------
22/2/1831 Belfast Newsletter: Children of Convicts - A female, named Ann Woods, was committed to Carrickfergus gaol in February, 1830 on a charge of vending base money. She was tried at the following Lent Assizes,, and convicted. A point of law was reserved, however, for the consideration off the judges; and sentence of transportation was ultimately passed on her last Summer Assizes. At the time of her committal she had a child on the breast, which she carried into prison with her, and about six months after she was committed she was delivered of another child. When she was removed to Dublin, the authorities there refused to receive the eldest child, and Mr. Erskine, the governor of Carrickfergus gaol had to consign it to the care of a nurse. He applied to Major Palmer, Inspector General of Gaols, who used his influence at the Castle in order to get the child committed to the care of its mother, but the request was refused by the government as being contrary to the regulations. The child remained with the nurse till Thursday last, when she brought it to Mr. Erskine who, after some communication with the Magistrates here, was obliged to pay the nurse for the care of the child, together with her travelling expenses from and back to Dublin. Mr. Erskine's character for humanity and kindness of disposition stands remarkably high indeed and it is a great hardship to suffer him to sustain a heavy pecuniary loss on such an occasion as this; neither is it reasonable to lay the onus on him of separating the mother from her child, that ought to be done, if the law requires it, at the time the Magistrates signed the committal. Medical Journal of the Palambam: Folios 10-11: Mrs Wood's infant; case number 6; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 3 May 1831, at sea. Discharged 16 May 1831 cured. Anne Woods was listed as 22 years old on arrival, 5'4½" tall, fair complexion, black hair, hazel eyes. Anne was 'scorbutic' (had scurvy) on arrival and was not assignable. 8/6/1833: Permission to marry John McCabe (Mangles) - he was 21 and free - Anne Woods was 25 on bond, married, 2 children. No registration found on the NSW BDM.
Anne Woods was married with two children. One child, a girl, was with her on the voyage (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842)
Occupation: Not stated rather than Not Known. Crime: Forged notes