Agnes Boyne/Boynes (nee Lyttle/Little) 1820 : Short Biography

CONVICT RECORD

Name: Agnes Boyne.

Date of birth: 1820. 

Native place: Antrim, Ireland.

Individual description:

5 foot 4 & 3/4 inches, light blue eyes, light brown eyebrows and hair, fair complexion, large head & medium high forehead, large visage, medium sized nose, medium sized mouth, round chin, mole on left shoulder.

Occupation before conviction: Laundry maid and Needlewoman.

Crime: Larceny (stealing clothes).

Trial: Convicted and sentenced on 05/04/1843 at Kildare Assizes, Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland

Sentence: Transported for 7 years.

Departure: East London from Dublin, Ireland on 10/05/1843.

Ship/s: East London to Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land. East London was 409 ton and built at Sunderland, England, in 1839. Ship’s Master was James Parley. Ship’s Surgeon was Ed. Caldwell. The route taken was via Madeira. The voyage took 133 days. The ship embarked with 133 female convicts. There were 17 deaths during the voyage and 116 female prisoners were relanded.

Date of arrival: 21/09/1843 in Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land.

Freedom: Granted a ticket -of-leave on 09/07/1849.

Granted permission to marry: ??/02/1845 (Hobart Town Gazette 18/02/1845).

Married: Robert Lowes on 07/04/1845 at St. Luke’s Church, Richmond, Van Diemen’s Land.

Date of death: 14/06/1863.

Place of death: Sorell, Tasmania.

Cause of death: Natural causes.

Date of burial: About the 15/6/1863 

Place of burial: possibly Richmond, Tasmania

Age at death: 43.

Additional: Had been previously charged with larceny and was acquitted. She was a Roman Catholic, married with a child.

Name:Lane, Agnes

Record Type:Deaths

Gender:Male

Age:43

Date of death:14 Jun 1863

Registered:Sorell

Registration year:1863

Record ID:NAME_INDEXES:1204655

Resource: RGD35/1/32 no 492