Submitted by Andrew Champion on 26 January 2021 - 1:42am
Today is Australia Day, so here is some information about my Australian ancestress.
Honor Polkinghorne was baptized on 28 December 1806 in Phillack, Cornwall.1 She married Thomas Tremelling on 24 May 1828 in Phillack.2 She was widowed in 1836.3 She was on trial on 30 December 1846 in Penzance, Cornwall.4 She was given a seven-year sentence for stealing money.5 She was transferred to Millbank Prison in London, England on 22 January 1847.4