My grandfather's grandfather was a real "tea leaf" - he worked for a tea merchant in Hertford. On his way back from London picking up tea, coffee and snuff he picked up a young hitch hiker. As well he off loaded some of the tea and coffee to an unknown ostler on his way back to Hertford, unfortunately the hitch hiker was not asleep, as he thought, and witnessed the transaction. Fortunately for the next 7 generations he got 14 years and was sent VDL. His wife was the daughter of an Irish widowed mother of six who was caught stealing potatoes to feed her starving children. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trudy Cowley" <tcowley@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 8:35 AM Subject: [TAS-CON] Loaf of Bread > Hello All > > > > I think some time ago someone posed the question "Did any convicts get > transported for stealing the proverbial loaf of bread?" > > > > I have recently come across an Irish female convict transported on Earl Grey > in 1849/1850 who stole bread and was transported for 7 years. Her sister > was transported with her for receiving the bread. Of course, this was at > the height of the great famine in Ireland. > > > > Regards > > Trudy > > > > Dr Trudy Cowley > > List Administrator > > TAS Convicts Rootsweb List > > <mailto:tcowley@bigpond.net.au> tcowley@bigpond.net.au > > <mailto:AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Visit Jenny Fawcett's Tasmanian Convicts website at > http://www.genseek.net/constas.htm > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >