Tag: Convict

My great great great grandfather on my mother’s side was George Hall (1808–1881). He was transported to the colony of New South Wales for life when he was 19 years old for stealing a chronometer watch (a clock ensconced in a vacuum chamber), and a waistcoat from his employer. H...

Mary Wade was born (17 December 1778) amongst poverty, in Westminster England. Times were tough. The Industrial Revolution squashed many income-streams for peasants. Many turned to crime for survival. In retaliation, the authorities enacted extreme punishments. The ‘Bloody Code’ had 288 ...