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c1808 Birth. Place unknown.
23 August 1827. Bashed and robbed "defenseless old man"
Police number 127.
Convicted at Stafford Assizes.
Conviction date and sentence: 13 March 1828. Life (Death recorded).
Transported for Highway Robbery.
Gaol report: Not known before. Good disposition. Single.
Stated this offence: Highway Robbery.
Prosecutor Mr Smith.
Mother at Stafford, Sarah Wood, charwoman. I was last in the service of Mr Galloway, a farmer, at native place Henson, Staffordshire. Single. Protestant.
13 Sept 1828. Departure of ship Harmony from Downs with 100 female convicts onboard.
14 Jan 1828. Arrival in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania).
1829. Description of Ann Wood.
Native Place. Henson (Staffordshire).
Trade. Farm Servant.
Literacy. Can read only.
Height. 5ft 01/4 in.
Age. 21 (1829).
Head. Oval.
Hair. Brown.
Visage. Oval.
Forehead. Perpendicular.
Eyebrows. Brown.
Eyes. Hazel.
Nose. Medium length.
Mouth. Medium width.
Chin. Medium length.
Remarks. Little finger right hand slightly deformed.
Ann Wood - Colonial Experiences.
1829, February 19: H. J. Emmett. Leaving her Master’s house and quitting the premises in the night of Monday last and last evening without leave. Cell on bread and water 7 days and Crime Class, House of Correction.
1829, July 27: F. Smith. Absenting herself without leave yesterday. Returned to the Female House of Correction.
1829, October 19: Mrs Eldridge. Having a man concealed in the house of her Master after it was locked up for the night. Cell on bread and water 6 days and placed in the Crime Class, House of Correction and afterwards sent to the Interior.
1831, January 20: Applied to marry Thomas Garbett, free.
1831, March 16: Again applied to marry Thomas Garbett.
1831, June 6: Married Thomas Garbett in Hobart Town.
1832 Muster: Assigned to Mr Degreaves.
1833, May 31: Wife of Garbett. Drunk. Fined 5 shillings.
1833 Muster: Holding a Ticket of Leave.
1835 Muster: Assigned to Mrs DeGraves.
1836, May 30: Garwood. Being in a public house. Reprimanded.
1838, December7: Ticket of Leave.
1840, March 4: TL. Being drunk. Discharged.
1841 Muster: Holding a Ticket of Leave.
1846, January 6: Conditional Pardon recommended. Having held a Ticket of Leave above 7 years and a half uninterruptedly and nearly 10 years having elapsed since she was charged with the commission of any offence.
1846, December 8: Pardon (excluding Great Britain and Ireland) approved.
1855, May 30: Hobart Quarter Session. Feloniously receiving a watch, the value of 15 pounds, the property of Edward Freeman. To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 3 years.
Children of Ann Wood and Thomas Garbett.
The following births of children were found in the Registrar General’s records:-
William born 28/7/1835 baptised 16/4/1837 (RGD 7561/1837)
Thomas born 20/1/1837 baptised 16/4/1837 (RGD 7562/1837)
female born 15/5/1841 (RGD 337/1841 Hobart) (named elsewhere as Mary Ann)
male born 6/7/1842 (RGD 908/1842 Hobart)
John born 27/6/1843 (RGD 1547/1843 Hobart)
James born 18/3/1845 (RGD 921/1845 Hobart)
female born 29/8/1847 (RGD 220/1847 Hobart baptised Mary Ann at St. David’s, Hobart
female born 8/12/1849 (RGD 1990/1849 Hobart) later named Eliza
The following deaths were recorded:-
Mary Ann Garbett aged 18 months died 19/1/1841 (accidental) (RGD 577/1841 Hobart)
male Garbett aged 13 days died 19/7/1842 (convulsions) (RGD 1101/1842 Hobart)
Caroline Garbutt aged 6 months died 1/1/1847 (convulsions) (RGD 1288/1847 Hobart)
Other sources e.g. Coronial records and the Female Convicts in Van Diemen's Land Database list Sarah (1831 - 1903), Emily (1832 - 1833), Diana Anne (1838 - 1844) as children of Ann and Thomas.
17 Dec 1871. Death in Hobart.
Submitted by Researcher (4354) on 27 June 2015
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Disclaimer: The information has not been verified by Claim a Convict. As this information is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the data to verify its accuracy. Research notes
Trial and Sentence. Source: Home Office: Criminal Registers, Middlesex and Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and Wales. Class: HO 27; Piece: 36; Page: 153. The National Archives of the UK.
Submitted by Researcher (4354) on 27 June 2015
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Arrival, Vessel and Residence. Source: Home Office: Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO 10, Pieces: 39, 48, 49, 50, 51. Nat. Arch. UK.
Submitted by Researcher (4354) on 27 June 2015
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Marriage to Thomas Garbett. Source: Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010
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Marriage to Thomas Garbett. Source: Marriage Certificate No. 412, in the Archives Office of Tasmania (RGD 1586/1831)
Submitted by Researcher (4354) on 27 June 2015
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Colonial Experiences of Ann Wood. Source: Book (Now released as a CD). Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls by Phillip Tardif. Original source citations are listed in this book.
Submitted by Researcher (4354) on 27 June 2015
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Description of Ann Wood. Source: Archives Office of Tasmania. Document CON 18-24
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Convict Record. Source: Archives Office of Tasmania. Documents: Ann Wood Convict Record CON 18-24,
Ann Wood Convict Record 42-1,
Ann Wood Convict Record CON 40-9.
Submitted by Researcher (4354) on 27 June 2015
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Death. Source: J & F O’Shea and K & A Whitton, comp. “Indexes to Birth, Death and Marriage Notices.” Tasmanian Family History Society Inc., Hobart Branch.
Submitted by Researcher (4354) on 27 June 2015
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Death. Source: Ancestry.com. Tasmania, Australia, Index to Death Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
Submitted by Researcher (4354) on 27 June 2015
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Children. Sources: Registrations of births and deaths (RGD) from the Archives Office of Tasmania, the Female Convicts Research Centre and Coronial Inquest Reports.
Submitted by Researcher (4354) on 11 January 2017
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Ann's Crime source. App. 11
FCRC Spring Seminar, Hobart, 26 Oct 2016
PROLOGUE: THE STORY BEHIND THE CONVICT STORY – WOMEN’S LIVES BEFORE TRANSPORTED TO VDL FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY
Don Bradmore
Submitted by Researcher (4354) on 28 January 2020
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Disclaimer: The information has not been verified by Claim a Convict. As this information is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the data to verify its accuracy. Sources
- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/6, p.494
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