Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Catherine Woods was transported on the Maria, departing 15th May 1818 and arriving 7th Sep 1818 with 128 passengers.
Built 1836 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 460 Tons
Maria (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 24. Tasmanian Archives - convict records. |
| 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 |
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Convict Notes
Catherine was a single woman of Bolton. She had stolen money there along with Elizabeth Almond who she was convicted and transported alongside of. They left Lancaster on the 14th March and were put on board ship three days later on the 17th. During the voyage, the ship’s surgeon noted Catherine, ‘Complains of great weight and oppression at the chest with great difficulty of breathing, has a most severe cough which she has been troubled with for two years past, the countenance is flushed. Pulse quick and full. The expectoration is tinged with blood [all highly suggestive of tuberculosis]. Catherine was given a blister/plaster of opium, acacia, potassium nitrate. Later on in the voyage she cut her finger onboard which was dressed. Within days of arrival in New South Wales, she was transferred to Van Diemen’s Land onboard the Elizabeth Henrietta and she was assigned to be a servant which she was recorded as to a Mr Cook in 1819. In February 1822 Catherine was caught with a stolen shift in her possession belonging to a Mrs Dane. She was jailed for ten days in solitary confinement. A few months later, she received the same punishment for being drunk and missing church, followed by a further ten days for being drunk and out after hours. The next month, in July 22, she was handed another eight days solitary for being absent overnight. She then settles down and has no further infractions until after gaining her freedom in 1824. In 1823, she was listed as a servant to W. Addy at Georgetown. In October 1826. Catherine was arrested for stealing a glass from the house of a Robert Hay Marr at Launceston and was sent to trial- she was found not guilty. The final infraction against her was the following year in March when she was fined for being drunk and disorderly.
Catherine WOODS was convicted at Lancaster, England on 22 July 1817. 7 yr transportation sentence. Sent to New South Wales, Australia per the ship 'Maria'. Further transferred to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the 'Elizabeth Henrietta' in 1818. Colony of VDL: Placed in work service. Some notes of minor misconduct but obtained her Ticket of Leave, by 1826.