Born about in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Burles
— married
28 Aug 1846 in Van Diemen's Land, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
Maria Burles, Susan Burles, James Burles, Eliza Burles, John Burles, George Burles, Edwin Burles, William Burles, Richard Burles and Elizabeth Ette Burles
Died
at about age 57
in General Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Oct 2021
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Biography
Elizabeth (King) Burles was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to Van Deimens Land
Elizabeth was born in 1819. She passed away in 1876. [1]She is buried in a paupers grave [2]
Elizabeth was first tried and convicted of Larceny at Surrey in 1839, for this she was sentenced 6 months imprisonment. In 1840, at the Surrey Quarter Session, she was sentenced on the 6th of July to 7 years transportation. She sailed aboard the Navarino in 1841. She was assigned Police Number 144 and sent to work for W Cahill, Spring Hill.
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| Elizabeth King, Ticket of Leave |
She married John Burles, a fellow convict, in 1846 and the couple had 10 children. She passed away on 19 April 1876 at the General Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania.
Burial
Elizabeth King Burles BIRTH : 1820, Hampshire, England DEATH : 19 Apr 1876 (aged 55–56), Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia BURIAL : Cornelian Bay Cemetery And Crematorium, Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia PLOT : Pauper 24d MEMORIAL ID : 181815292 Elizabeth was a convict tried at Surrey Quartersessions in Newington in 1840 for stealing 18 yards of printed cotton and sentenced to 7 years transportation, leaving from Downs, Ireland on board the Navarino. It took 107 days. She was assigned to Mr Cahill of Spring Hill. She spent time in the Cascades Female Factory where she had a child, Maria. She married John Burles in 1846 in Hobart Town and she died in the General Hospital in Hobart. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181815292/elizabeth-burles
Sources
- ↑ "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-BSW8 : 3 October 2018), Elizabeth Burles, 19 Apr 1876; citing Death 19 Apr 1876, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, line #29717, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart; FHL microfilm 7,368,135.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #181815292
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Sara (Fraser) Pollard 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A530377 [compare], Ancestry member sarapollard58
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Jasmine Holmes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A520012 [compare], yourDNAportal JAS9efec3b3, Ancestry member Majesin
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Categories: Navarino, Arrived 17 Jan 1841 | Cascades Female Factory | Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land | Australian Convict Penal Colonies | Convicts After the Third Fleet | Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, New Town, Tasmania
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