Elizabeth Scurrah (c. 1803–?)
Elizabeth Lovatt, a cook and laundry maid, was sentenced to 14 years transportation for stealing, at the Surrey Special Gaol Delivery on 19 December 1831. She arrived at Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) aboard the Hydery in August 1832. According to records she 5 feet ¼ inch tall, and her native place was Nottingham. She was granted a conditional pardon on 18 January 1840.
Lovatt married Thomas Scurrah on 7 May 1834 in Hobart; they had four sons. Their five-week-old son, Thomas, died on 18 August 1834 at Hobart.
No death certificate has been found for Elizabeth Scurrah. Her husband remarried in 1857.
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Scurrah, Thomas Bowman (husband)
Citation details
'Scurrah, Elizabeth (c. 1803–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/scurrah-elizabeth-34202/text42915, accessed 27 June 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Lovatt, Elizabeth
Birth
c.
1803
Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire,
England
Cultural Heritage
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Passenger Ship
Occupation or Descriptor
Social Issues
Convict Record
Crime: theft
Sentence: 14 years
Court: Surrey
Trial Date: 11 December 1831
(1831)
Pre-transportation
Occupation: domestic servant
Post-transportation
Children: Yes (4)