Shona
17-04-13, 15:15
Helen McIntyre is a twig on my McLean branch. Great-great grandfather John McLean married Isabella McIntyre. One of their daughters, Janet McLean married John McIntyre. Helen is John McIntyre's sister. I have no idea if John McIntyre and Helen McIntyre are related to John's mother-in-law, Isabella, but it wouldn't surprises me.
I'm trying to find out a bit more about Helen. I haven't been able to find a birth record (Glasgow) or a death record (Australia). She died just says after arriving in Tasmania.
From the on-line records of Inverary Jail.
Name: Helen McIntyre
Prisoner No: 46
Age: 20
Crime: Theft by housebreaking, habit & repute
Previous convictions:
30 July 1849 - theft, Sheriff Court at Campbeltown
27 June 1850 - theft Sheriff Court at Campbeltown
Tried: 24 September 1851 by Lord Colonsay and Jury
Sentence: 7 Years transportation
Marital status: Single
Born: Glasgow
Resident: Campbeltown
Occupation: House maid
Further Information:
Admitted: 23 September 1851, Inveraray Jail
Removed: 14 November 1851 to Millbank (52 days in Inveraray Jail)
Helen McIntyre obtained entry to a house in Kirk Street, Campbeltown, by opening a sash window. She stole a purse containing 21s 9d and a key, the property of a widow, Agnes Loynachan or Morrison.
McIntyre made a plea of Not Guilty.
When Helen McIntyre arrived in Hobart Town she was assigned to Mr Hedburg in Argyle Street. He was a wholesale and retail dealer in oils, paints, colours etc.
A few days later, on 19 July, Helen McIntyre was admitted to the Colonial Hospital where she died at the age of only 24 on 2 August 1852.
Source: Tasmanian Ancestry, Genealogical Society of Tasmania, June 1997.
I'm trying to find out a bit more about Helen. I haven't been able to find a birth record (Glasgow) or a death record (Australia). She died just says after arriving in Tasmania.
From the on-line records of Inverary Jail.
Name: Helen McIntyre
Prisoner No: 46
Age: 20
Crime: Theft by housebreaking, habit & repute
Previous convictions:
30 July 1849 - theft, Sheriff Court at Campbeltown
27 June 1850 - theft Sheriff Court at Campbeltown
Tried: 24 September 1851 by Lord Colonsay and Jury
Sentence: 7 Years transportation
Marital status: Single
Born: Glasgow
Resident: Campbeltown
Occupation: House maid
Further Information:
Admitted: 23 September 1851, Inveraray Jail
Removed: 14 November 1851 to Millbank (52 days in Inveraray Jail)
Helen McIntyre obtained entry to a house in Kirk Street, Campbeltown, by opening a sash window. She stole a purse containing 21s 9d and a key, the property of a widow, Agnes Loynachan or Morrison.
McIntyre made a plea of Not Guilty.
When Helen McIntyre arrived in Hobart Town she was assigned to Mr Hedburg in Argyle Street. He was a wholesale and retail dealer in oils, paints, colours etc.
A few days later, on 19 July, Helen McIntyre was admitted to the Colonial Hospital where she died at the age of only 24 on 2 August 1852.
Source: Tasmanian Ancestry, Genealogical Society of Tasmania, June 1997.