Date of Conviction: 21/03/1818

Age at Conviction: 30

Crime Convicted of: Possession of Forged Notes

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Assizes (held at Lancaster Castle)

Sentence Length: 14 Years

Ship Transported on: Lord Wellington

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 28/05/1819

Arrival Date: 20/01/1820

Biography: Elizabeth had four forged notes in her possession at Manchester. She was convicted alongside her husband Edward who also had 13 forged notes. Elizabeth travelled with their two young children and Edward, who had left Lancaster Castle in May 1818, arrived much earlier in December 1818 onboard General Stewart, petitioned for them to be reunited. Elizabeth (nee Lomas) and Edward had been married in 1814 in Southwark, London. She was originally from Derbyshire.

This was successful as he was issued a ticket of leave in 1820 to provide for them and the 1820 and 21 musters lists them living together. In 1825 the family had grown, having had two more children in New South Wales and they were living at Liverpool. In 1828, they were farming at Lower Minto and were a family of eight, two more children had been born. They had a final daughter, also Elizabeth in 1831.

Elizabeth passed away in December 1862, aged around 75, at their farm, Hardwick, in The Oaks, Wollondilly Shire and she was buried at Glenmore Uniting Church Cemetery under a memorial headstone ‘the beloved wife of Edward’, who joined her seven years after. The church is on Moores Way, land that was donated by their son Joseph. Elizabeth laid the foundation stone of the church in 1860 that would become her resting place just two years later.