Person:Elizabeth Mason (72)

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Elizabeth Mason
b.1810 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
d.14 May 1851 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Elizabeth Mason1810 - 1851
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Lewis1805 - 1866
  • W.  Elizabeth Mason1810 - 1851
m. 15 Feb 1836
  1. John Thomas Lewis1836 - 1900
  2. Elizabeth Lewis1838 - 1840
  3. Mary Ann Lewis1841 - 1910
  4. Martha Lewis1843 - 1845
  5. Rosanna Gilmore Lewis1846 - 1915
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Elizabeth Mason
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1810 Portsmouth, Hampshire, EnglandCriminal register implies she was born in 1812.
Baptism[4][13] 23 May 1810 Portsmouth, Hampshire, EnglandSaint Thomas. Father: John Mason. Mother: Hannah
Occupation? 1833 Housemaid
Residence[1] 1834 Hampshire, Englandsummer
Other? 1834 Height: 5' 3 1/4" Fresh complexion, Brown hair, Small dark grey eyes, Stout made. Physical Description
Other? Jul 1834 Winchester Gaol, Jewry Street Gaoled
Other? 10 Jul 1834 Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthampton Assizes. Convicted for "receiving stolen goods from a young woman" and sentenced to 7 years. Southampton, Hampshire, England
Other? 18 Jul 1834 Hampshire Advertiser. Sarah Stephens and Elizabeth Mason caught with gold & silver articles stolen from house of J.L. Winn at New Alresford. Newspaper article
Other? 23 Jul 1834 Elizabeth and her mother plea to remain in gaol rather than be transported. Request denied. Her gaoler's report stated her conduct was 'bad'. Plea
Other[5] 30 Oct 1834 Departure
Other? 30 Oct 1834 Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandTransported with 164 other female convicts. Vessel New Grove. Convicted Date 10 Jul 1834. Voyage Date 30 Oct 1834 Transportation
Occupation? 1835 Cascades Female Factory. Utmost cleanliness, the greatest quietness, perfect regularity and entire submission was expected of the inmates. Hobart Town Gazette 3 October 1829
Other? 1835 Assigned to Mr Shepherd Convict Muster
Other[6] 27 Mar 1835 Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaThe 1834 voyage to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), took 122 days, had 165 female transport women, 5 free women and 28 children. Five births during the voyage, 2 babies being stillborn. No deaths of adults. Arrival
Marriage 15 Feb 1836 Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaParish of St David's. She was about 2 months pregnant at the time of her marriage.
to John Lewis
Residence[3] Australia
Other? 31 Aug 1838 Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaListed in Hobart Town Courier, p.2. Ticket of Leave
Other? 1842 After having served the full 7-year term. Certificate of Freedom
Other? 1842 Shows she was confined to a cell on bread and water for three days for passing herself off as a free woman. This would have taken place at the Cascades female factory in Hobart. Conduct record
Death? 14 May 1851 Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaMelville St. 41 years old, Labourer's wife. Husband John. (Illiterate - his mark). #701/1851
DNA? Common DNA ancestor
Religion? Church of England

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212752651/elizabeth-lewis

_DCAUSE: Inflammation of chest OBJE:

_WLNK: http://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/lists/CascadesFFconvicts.pdf TITL: Cascades Female Factory

_WLNK: https://femalefactory.org.au/history/life-in-the-cascades-female-factory/ TITL: Cascades Female Factory

_WLNK: https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/mason/elizabeth/847 TITL: Convict records

_WLNK: http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austas/Newgrove.htm TITL: Female convicts

_WLNK: https://www.simonbarnard.com.au/endnotes/ TITL: notes

_MTTAG:

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ancestry.com. England Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892. (Ancestry.com Operations Inc)
    Class: HO 27; Piece: 47; Page: 287.

    _APID: 1,1590::27555

  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916. (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.)
    Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Reference Number: 2124/3.

    _APID: 1,61188::300332144

  3. ↑ Australia Cemetery Index
    Compiler: Genealogical Society of Tasmania Inc.

    _APID: 1,1266::320565

  4. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

    _APID: 1,9841::9836596

  5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets Ships, 1791-1868. (Ancestry.com Operations Inc)
    Class: HO 11; Piece: 9.

    _APID: 1,1180::87948

  6. ↑ New South Wales, Australia. Convict Musters, 1806-1849. (Australian Joint Copying Project)
    Class: HO 10; Piece: 51.

    _APID: 1,1185::352374

  7.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source)
    Ancestry Family Tree.
  8.   Australia. Death Index, 1787-1985. (Ancestry.com)
    Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803-1899.

    _APID: 1,1779::80464181

  9.   Australia. Marriage Index, 1788-1950. (Ancestry.com)
    Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803-1899.

    _APID: 1,1780::408903

  10.   Ancestry.com. Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981. (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    _APID: 1,9776::107662

  11.   Australia. Birth Index, 1788-1922. (Ancestry.com)
    Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803-1899.

    _APID: 1,1778::305317310

  12.   Ancestry.com. Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current. (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    _APID: 1,60528::177377995

  13. ↑ http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J3NZ-3MG
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