Tag Archives: Transportation

The thief up the chimney: Old Bailey Online 10th anniversary post

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

This is a tale of larceny and pubs – and a certain amount of naivety. The combination was disastrous for James Thomas Richards, a 20-year-old Thames waterman, and lucky for me, since he’s my great-great grandfather and met my 2x … Continue reading →

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The Factory above the Gaol – women convicts in 1818

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

  When my great-great-great grandmother Sarah Marshall stumbled off the convict transport Friendship on January 14, 1818, she emerged from a traumatic journey of confinement and scurvy which became notorious for ‘indecent and licentious intercourse’ to find herself in an … Continue reading →

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Was Sarah murdered? Is she a famous ghost?

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

For a change from thinking about Nicholas, I typed Sarah Marshall into Google. She’s my g-g-g grandmother, a convict who arrived in New South Wales on the Friendship in 1818. She married John Simpson (Ocean II, arr 1818) and later … Continue reading →

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On board the convict ship (for Australian National Family History Week)

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

It’s National Family History Week in Australia (until August 10). So I’m going to leave the Irish history theme for now and pick up some of Nicholas Delaney’s story in New South Wales. Starting with his arrival. Human cargo On … Continue reading →

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