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Was born some time during 1815 in Abergavenny, Wales. Her parents were listed as farmers and in 1832 she was employed as a Farm Servant at Brecon, Wales. In March 1832 she was convicted of stealing poultry and was sentenced to two months hard labour for the offence. a second offence of a more serious nature occurred in the same year and on the 16th of October 1832, she was found guilty of stealing and wearing apparel (a gown). She was sentenced to 7 years transportation for this offence. Her convict record indicates that she is 17 years old, single and describes her as 5 ft 3 1/2 inches tall, with fair complexion, brown hair and dark grey eyes. She has a round head, a small nose and chin with no particular distinguishing features or defects. Her initial Goal Report stated that she was a very bad character (probably because of the earlier offence) but had behaved very well during her confinement and is of a very cheerful disposition. She could read but not write and her shipboard character during the voyage to Van Diemens Land is described as that of a good girl. Sarah was one of 115 female convicts transported on the ship Jane II which sailed from Torbay on 22nd February 1833. The voyage took 128 days arriving in Hobart Town on 30th June 1833 and after the normal processing procedures, the women disembarked on 4th July 1833. She would have been housed in the Female Factory at Cascades pending assignment. On the 12th July she was assigned to a Lieutenant Davis, no additional information regarding the details or duration of this assignment are available at this time. However the next official mention of Sarah is on the 10th September 1835 with the lodgement of a Petition to the Governor for permission to marry William Turner. This was subsequently approved and they were married on the 9th November 1835 at Trinity Church, County of Buckingham, Hobart Town.
Submitted by Researcher (elly Krieg) on 11 October 2019
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/9, p.1
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