Chris & Bruce Woods

THE LAST LADIES

Female convicts on the "Duchess of Northumberland" in April 1853.

Chris spent many years (on and off) researching the lives of the female convicts who arrived on the "Duchess of Northumberland" from England in April 1853. In February 2004 she published the book, "The Last Ladies". The names of the women are listed below. If you think you may be a descendant of one of them, I would love to hear from you.

Surname	Alias	Marital	Tried	Trial Date	Offence	Sentence
Margaret ABBOTT			Bristol City	1 Jan 1852	Receiving	7
Margaret ADAMS	Margaret Fain	John Flinders	Northallerton	6 Apr 1852	Larceny	7
Mary AGAN		Matthew Carlisle	CCC	14 Jun 1852	Uttering	7
Ann ALLAN	Ann Barclay	James Samuel, Thomas Rumph	Edinburgh	15 May 1852	Theft	7
Janet ANDERSON	Janet McLean		Glasgow	29 Sep 1852	Theft	7
Mary ASHDOWN	Susan Mason	Thomas Riddle, John Bunce	CCC	16 Aug 1852	Larceny	7
Grace ATKINSON			York	6 Mar 1852	Shooting with intent	15
Elizabeth AYRES			Devonport	3 Aug 1852	Felony	10
Ellen BARRETT		John Fulcher	Clerkenwell	5 Jan 1852	Stealing	7
Caroline BAYLISS		William Webb	Birmingham	17 Mar 1852	Stealing	14
Ellen BEECROFT		Thomas Lyons	Northallerton	6 Jan 1852	Stealing	7
Margaret BENNETT		George Broadbent, John Hainsworth	York	6 Mar 1852	Robbery	10
Elizabeth BETHELL			Liverpool	26 Jul 1852	Stealing	7
Elizabeth BIELBY	Sarah Ann Maskell	John Murray Williams	Beverley	6 Apr 1852	Robbery	10
Mary Ann BIRMINGHAM		Thomas Higgins, Samuel Hargreaves	Clerkenwell	23 aug 1852	Stealing	7
Isabella BLACK			Carlisle	2 August 1852	Stealing	7
Ann BLACKMAN	Ann Morris	Richard Bleathman	Hastings	16 April 1852	Stealing	7
Helen BLACKWOOD			Glasgow	28 April 1852	Housebreaking	7
Mary BLAKE			Carmarthen	10 March 1852	Stealing	7
Mary BLAND			Manchester	18 Jun 1852	Stealing	10
Ann BOYLEN	Ann Connor	John Keeney/Kenny	Edinburgh	23 Feb 1852	Stealing	7
Margaret BRAIDIE	Margaret Griffin	Elijah Maidment	Glasgow	27 Apr 1852	Housebreaking	7
Martha BRAITHWAITE			Leeds	7 July 1852	Stealing	7
Ann BROWN			Clerkenwell	5 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Elizabeth BROWN	Elizabeth Small		Glasgow	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Ellen BROWN		John Liebenrood, John Meadows	Manchester	13 Feb 1852	Stealing	10
Janet BROWN	Janet Rae		Aberdeen	22 Sep 1852	Stealing	7
Margaret BROWN	Margaret Stewart	John Smith	Glasgow	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Sarah BROWN		John Young	Liverpool	20 Mar 1852	Stealing	10
Susan Edwards BUCKLEY		John Johnson	Liverpool	20 Mar 1852	Robbery	10
Matilda BURN		Thomas Rogers	Clerkenwell	1 Jul 1852	Stealing	10
Flora BURNS			Perth	28 Sep 1852	Stealing	10
Sarah Alice BYWATER		John Bryan	York	6 Mar 1852	Stealing	Life
Anne CALDWELL	Anne Dick		Glasgow	27 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Sarah CANAVAN		Isaac Yates, James Harman	Clerkenwell	23 Aug 1852	Stealing	7
Jane CARR	Jane Savage, Jane Kerr	William Sargent Towell	Newcastle	25 Feb 1852	Highway Robbery	10
Mary Ann CARSEL	Mary Ann Paskins	Jonas Cranston, Samuel Elwell	Westminster	2 Feb 1852	Stealing	7
Ewing CHRISTIE		William Riley	Glasgow	26 Apr 1862	Housebreaking	7
Susan CLIVE		Thomas Joy, David Mitchell	Newcastle	25 Feb 1852	Picking pockets	10
Margaret COCHRAN	Margaret Reid	George Martin	Glasgow	27 Sep 1852	Stealing	7
Catherine COLLINS	Catherine McDermia		Glasgow	28 Sep 1852	Stealing	7
Margaret COLLINS		James Flowers, Samuel Underhill	CCC	18 Aug 1851	Housebreaking	7
Catherine CONNOLLY	Catherine Hurst	John Mitchell	Salford	1 Mar 1852	Stealing	7
Mary CONNOR	Ann Connor	George Sims	Westminster	21 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Ann COOPER	Ann Fox	John Stone	Dorchester	29 Jun 1852	Burglary	7
Harriet COUSINS			Reading	24 Feb 1852	Perjury	7
Barbara COWIE		John Coyne	Aberdeen	21 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Ann CROFTON	Anne Dunn	David Virtue	Perth	29 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary CUMMINGS		Thomas Dee	CCC	15 Sep 1851	Stealing	7
Ann CURRIE		David McIntosh	Edinburgh	27 Jul 1852	Stealing	7
Agnes DAVIDSON	Agnes Anderson	William Mills, James Hawkins	Perth	27 Apr 1852	Stealing	10
Margaret DAVIES			Manchester	5 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Elizabeth DAVIS	Elizabeth Smith	Alexander Meldrum	Stafford	5 Jan 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann DAVIS	Ann James		CCC	20 Sep 1852	Uttering	7
Hannah DENHAM		John Hutchins	Durham	1 Mar 1852	Stealing	7
Margaret DICK	Margaret Low	William Booth	Perth	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann DIXON		Alexander Hemsley, Albert Bartozzi	Westminster	26 April 1852	Stealing	7
Mary DOCHERTY		John Farmer	Glasgow	26 April 1852	Housebreaking	7
Bridget DOLAN		Edward Shepherd	Liverpool	20 Mar 1852	Highway Robbery	10
Agnes DONALD		Thomas Rogers	Perth	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Elizabeth DONOGHUE		Charles Hume??	Liverpool	20 Mar 1852	Highway Robbery	10
Eliza DORE		George Files	Monmouth	24 Mar 1852	Murdering her child	Life
Jane DOYLE		Alexander Ross	York	6 Mar 1852	Robbery	15
Elizabeth DRUCE	Elizabeth Rockall	John Gordon, James Neild, Henry Green	Westminster	20 Sep 1852	Stealing	7
Ann DUNCAN			Perth	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary DUNN	Mary Kennedy	William Lloyd	Manchester	4 Aug 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann EDWARDS	Mary Ann Sparks	William Ward	Westminster	20 Sep 1852	Shoplifting	7
Ann ESTENY	Ann Austin		Northallerton	6 Apr 1852	Housebreaking	7
Sarah EVANS	Sarah Partile	William McDonald, William Lovell	Swansea	2 Mar 1852	Stealing	10
Elspeth FERGUSON	Elizabeth McDonald	Charles Sanders	Aberdeen	20 Apr 1852	Housebreaking	7
Sarah FIELD	Westminster	Lewis Walton, Thomas Gobbey	Westminster	3 May 1852	Stealing	7
Susannah FISHER	York	Henry Johnson	York	6 Mar 1852	Assault & Robbery	10
Susannah Friday FOUNDLING	Mary Susannah Williams	James Murphy, James Boden	Ruthin	18 Mar 1852	Housebreaking	7
Ann FULLER	Ann Dawson	Thomas Spurdon	Norfolk	9 Jul 1852	Stealing	7
Mary FURGUSON	Janet Graham	Joseph Thomas	Ayr	23 Aopr 1852	Coining	7
Ann Broad GALLOP			Exeter	17 March 1852	Stealing	7
Elizabeth GERRARD		John Smith	Perth	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Elizabeth GIBB	Elizabeth Tagg	Robert McKeevor/McKivor, James Grimes	CCC	5 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Elizabeth GIBB	Elizabeth Gillon	Thomas Gielgrass	Stirling	19 Sep 1851	Stealing	7
Martha GILL		Edward Hares	York	6 Mar 1852	Robbery	10
Catherine GLASGOW		Michael Daley, James Belcher	Bolton	28 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Grace GRAHAM		William Alexander	Glasgow	28 Apr 1852	Housebreaking	7
Margaret GRAY	Margaret Robertson		Glasgow	29 Sep 1851	Stealing	7
Mary Ann GREAVES	Mary Ann Grear	William Templin	Westminster	20 Sep 1852	Stealing	10
Mary GREEN			Stafford	21 Jul 1852	Robbery	10
Jane GRIFFITHS		William Henry Whitton, Charles Billing, John Thomas Butler	Shrewsbury	27 Jul 1852	Stealing	7
Eliza GUNN			Lewes	26 Nov 1851	Stealing	7
Susan HAMEL		William Hamel	Glasgow	28 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Sarah HAMILTON		Robert Wells,	York	5 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann HANLEY			Glasgow	28 Apr 1852	Assault & Robbery	7
Christina HARRIS	Christina Ogg	James Thomas, Joseph Minard	Perth	29 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Jane HARRIS			Devonport	3 August 1852	Receiving	10
Mary Ann HARRIS		Thomas Barker	Bodmin	29 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Susan HARRIS			Surrey	13 Sep 1852	Stealing	10
Margaret HAYES	Margaret Kelly	Barney Hourigan, Henry Carragher	Manchester	18 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Mary HENDERSON	Mary Tyrell		Perth	27 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Matilda HESTER			Westminster	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Ann HOPEWELL		John Kelly	Nottingham	27 Feb 1852	False pretences	7
Mary HORE			Bristol	1 Jan 1852	Stealing	7
Sarah HORNSEY		Joseph Helps	Northampton	20 Dec 1850	Stealing	10
Caroline HORSNICK	Caroline Cramer	Thomas Green	CCC	10 May 1852	Stealing	10
Susan HUNT		John Hughes	Suffolk	5 Jul 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann HURREN		Michael Connors	Ipswich	30 Jul 1852	Arson	10
Elizabeth JACKSON	Elizabeth Lee	John Johnson	Clerkenwell	24 May 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann JACKSON	Mary Ann Cousins	George Morris	Rochester	26 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Mary JAMES			Westminster	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Margaret JONES			Cardiff	29 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Ann JONES	Ann Johnson		Wells	4 Aug 1852	Arson	10
Ann JONES			Wakefield	1 Mar 1852		10
Caroline JONES	Caroline Power	Thomas King, Andrew McCarthy	Stafford	28 Jun 1852	Stealing	10
Harriet JONES		Edwin Haines	Birmingham	26 Jul 1851	Stealing	7
Margaret JONES		John Rossberry	Liverpool	20 Mar 1852	Robbery/violence	10
Elizabeth KAY	Elizabeth Hails	Thomas Hall	Newcastle	29 Jul 1852	Coining	10
Mary KEAN	Mary Kane	James Jones aka John Charles Jones	Perth	29 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary KELLY	Dinah Saddler	John Brooks	Surrey	6 Jan 1852	Stealing	10
Mary Ann KELLY			Glasgow	27 Apr 1852	Housebreaking	7
Theresa KENSELL		George Moore	Surrey	14 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Jean KERR	Jane Kerr	William Toomey	Newcastle	25 Feb 1852	Stealing	10
Mary Ann KNOWLES		Samuel Bridle	Bristol	27 Oct 1851	Stealing	7
Bridget LAMB		Augustus McGregor, Edward Lamb	Birmingham	10 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann LAW		John Cook	Edinburgh	14 May 1851	Stealing	7
Mary LEEMAN			York	2 Jan 1849	Stealing	7
Helen LENNOX		Amos Mackrell	Sterling	13 Apr 1852	Child murder	7
Euphemia LESLIE			Perth	29 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Catherine LILLEY	Mary Kelly	Thomas Wise	Stafford	28 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Mary LORD		Samuel Marriott, Joseph Ray	Leicester	28 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Jane LOWES			Northumberland	7 Jan 1852	Stealing	7
Maria LUGG		John Hopkins	Barnstaple	20 Apr 1852	Stealing	10
Mary MACALROUTH		Joseph Haslem, George Boston	Carlisle	29 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Julia MACAVOY		John Griffin, James Duffy	Salford	24 May 1852	Receiving	7
Mary MACINNES			Liverpool	10 May 1852	Stealing	7
Sarah MASON		William Hissey	Dorset	6 Jan 1852	False pretences	7
Mary MCANDREW		James King	York	10 Jul 1852	Robbery/violence	10
Mary MCCORMICK		Thomas Watkins	Newcastle	25 Feb 1852	Stealing	10
Catherine MCDONALD			Jedburgh	14 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Sarah MCDONALD		George Lewis	Jedburgh	14 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann MCGUIRE		William Smith	Glasgow	27 Apr 1852	Stealing	10
Flora MCINNES		John Butters	Glasgow	30 Sep 1850	Stealing	7
Isabella MCKAY	Isabella McCulloch	George Frost	Glasgow	28 Apr 1852	Stealing	10
Margaret MCKENZIE		Joseph Mills	Inverness	13 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann MCKENZIE			Stirling	14 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann MCLACHLANE			Glasgow	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Isabella Carmichael MCLEAN	Isabella McAra		Glasgow	29 Sep 1852	Stealing	7
Margaret MCLEAN		Michael Joseph O’Brien	Glasgow	26 Apr 1852	Housebreaking	7
Agnes MCLEOD			Aberdeen	20 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary MELEN	Mary Mallon	Andrew Lowrie	Glasgow	26 Apr 1852	Assault/robbery	7
Ann MILLER			Dorset	29 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Mary MILLER		Robert Syme	Edinburgh	13 Mar 1852	Assault/robbery	10
Cecilia MOODIE	Cecilia Beath	George Batt	Edinburgh	27 Jul 1852	Stealing	7
Helen MORRISON	Helen English		Edinburgh	13 Mar 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann MUARS			Dorset	6 Jan 1852	False pretences	7
Mary MURPHY		John Cavanagh	Glasgow	27 Apr 1852	Murdering her child	7
Sophia MURPHY			Clerkenwell	14 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Sophia NEALE		John Burke	CCC	5 Apr 1852	Receiving	7
Maria Junior NOBBS	Maria Junior Nobbs	George Pearse	Clerkenwell	15 Mar 1852	Stealing	7
Jane NOTTINGHAM			Shrewsbury	17 Mar 1852	Stealing	15
Mary O'NEILL		Joseph Storey	Glasgow	27 Apr 1852	Housebreaking	7
Mary PAGE		Daniel Kett	Liverpool	13 Aug 1851	Stealing	7
Susannah PARRY			Gloucester	9 Aug 1851	Highway Robbery	7
Mary PATERSON	Mary Guyick		Edinburgh	15 May 1852		7
Margaret PATTERSON	Margaret Guy		Glasgow	27 Sep 1852	Stealing	10
Emma PAYNE	Emma Russell	George Taylor	CCC	5 Jul 1852	Highway Robbery	7
Ann PEARSON			Surrey	13 Sep 1852	Stealing	10
Mary Ann PHILLIPS		Joseph Knapp	CCC	10 May 1852	Uttering	7
Margaret REID		David McEwan	Aberdeen	21 Apr 1852	Stealing	10
Christina REID		George Suckling, John Richardson	Aberdeen	22 Sep 1852	Stealing	7
Jane RIDDEL		John Noble	Aberdeen	22 Sep 1852	Stealing	7
Ann RILEY			Manchester	13 Feb 1852	Stealing	7
Ann ROACH	Mary Ann Dishley		Chester	24 May 1852	Receiving	7
Elizabeth ROBERTS	Elizabeth Williams	Thomas Reilly	Wiltshire	6 Jan 1852	Stealing	7
Ellen ROBERTS		Peter O’Brien	Chester	7 Aug 1852	Manslaughter of her child	7
Agnes ROBERTSON			Perth	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Ann ROBERTSON	Ann Duthy	William Brint, Edmond Bowles, John Travis	Stirling	13 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary ROBINS		Edward Wells, William Turfrey	Worcester	17 Jul 1852	Murder of her child	Life
Elizabeth ROSEFIELD		Peter Porter	Norwich	9 Jul 1862	Receiving	7
Catherine ROWAND	Catherine Morrison	James Reynolds	Glasgow	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Catherine ROY	Catherine Jackson	John Roberts	Perth	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann RYAN		Michael Coghlan	Westminster	2 Feb 1852	Stealing	7
Ann SCANLAN			Westminster	26 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann SHAW	Ann Morris	Daniel Bliss, George Saunderson	Beverley	7 Jul 1852	Stealing	7
Harriet SHERWEN		George William Smith	Carlisle	29 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Ann SHIPLEY			Sheffield	23 Aug 1852	Stealing	10
Georgina SIMPSON	Georgina MacKintosh	John Haines	Inverness	17 Sep 1852	Stealing	7
Sarah SIZE		Richard Wignall	Liverpool	26 Jul 1852	Stealing	7
Jane SMITH		James Perry	Liverpool	20 Mar 1852	Robbery/violence	10
Jean SMITH	Jane Miller	John Pollard, James Aspen	Aberdeen	21 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann SMITH	Mary Ann McFadzean		Ayr	28 Sep 1852	Stealing	7
Mary SMITH			Exeter	17 Mar 1852	Shoplifting	7
Agnes STEVENSON	Agnes Finlayson		Glasgow	27 Sep 1852	Stealing	7
Margaret STEWART		(Henry) Jacob Woolley	Glasgow	28 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Harriet SYMONDS	Matilda Davies	Isaac Trayling	Usk	28 Jun 1852	Stealing	10
Margaret TALBOT	Margaret Tallent		Liverpool	5 Apr 1852	Stealing	10
Mary Ann THOMPSON			York	13 Dec 1851	Robbery/violence	10
Susannah THOMPSON		John Shelton	Pontefract	5 Apr 1852	Highway robbery	7
Sarah TODD	Sarah Wilson	Francis Lewis	Lancaster	16 Feb 1852	Stealing	7
Elizabeth TOWNS		Joseph Ellerton	Newcastle	29 Jul 1852	Robbery/violence	7
Eliza TURNER			Warwick	9 Jan 1852	Stealing	7
Ellen TWIGG		James Moles, Thomas Rush	Manchester	5 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary Ann WALBEY		Thomas Matthews	Bristol	1 Jan 1852	Stealing	7
Margaret WALKER	Margaret Miller	William Parker	Stirling	14 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Mary WALKER	Mary Lamb	Richard Gordon	Manchester	18 Jun 1852	Stealing	7
Ann WARD			Leeds	7 Jul 1852	Stealing	7
Elizabeth WARREN		William Wellham	Usk	24 Feb 1852	Stealing	10
Johanna WATERS			Westminster	12 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Agnes WATERS			Edinburgh	15 Mar 1852	Stealing	7
Eliza WATSON			Cambridge	1 Mar 1852	Stealing	7
Hannah WEIR	Olivia Davison	Edward Crump	CCC	5 Jan 1852	Uttering	7
Ann WHITE	Susan White	William Males	Westminster	24 Apr 1852	Stealing	7
Elizabeth WICKENS			Lewes	18 May 1852	Stealing	7
Charlotte WILKS		William Townley	Oxford	18 Oct 1852	Stealing	7
Eliza WILLIAMS			Clerkenwell	13 Sep 1852	Stealing	10
Margaret WILLIAMS		John Ward	Monmouth	6 Aug 1851	Receiving	7
Mary WILLIAMS	Mary Dempsey		Warwick	20 Mar 1852	Stealing	7
Sarah WILLIAMS	Sarah Cook	Simeon Greenhalgh	Surrey	13 Sep 1852	Stealing	10
Catherine WILSON			Northallerton	6 Jan 1852	Housebreaking	7
Esther WILSON		George Green	Wakefield	1 Mar 1852	Stealing	10
Mary WILSON			CCC	16 Aug 1852	Receiving	7
Elizabeth WOOD		John Tillotson, Alexander O’Neal, Henry Joy	Edinburgh	27 Jul 1852	Stealing	7
Mary WYATT		James Carley	Somerset	29 Jun 1852	Receiving	7

(Reference: CON41/37, Conduct Records of convicts, held at the Archives Office of Tasmania)