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Transportation
Ann Allan was transported on the Admiral Gambier And Aeolus, departing 30th Jun 1808 and arriving 20th Dec 1808 with 280 passengers.
Admiral Gambier And Aeolus (generic)References
| Primary Source | England & Wales Criminal Registers- Lancashire-1808. Available on Ancestry. A calendar of all the Crown prisoners contained in HM Gaol in the Castle of Lancaster. March 1808 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Family connections for Ann (Allan) are: ALLAN Ann (Alla/en) was born about 1784. She had a first (1of3) relationship in England & produced 1child:>>> [Some details taken from this Website] 1.Henry (Allen) was born about 1807. He arrived in NSW with his mother on 20 12 1808 after a voyage of 5months on AEOLUS. He is recorded in 1825 with his mother at Liverpool. He is recorded in 1828 as labourer for John (McGuyigan) at Liverpool Rd Lower Minto. .. >>>Ann (Alla/en) was tried for stealing printed cotton with 3others, in November 1807, of David (Mcclure) of Wigan at Liverpool Assizes Lent session Lancaster/shire on 16 3 1808, sentenced to death reprieved to Life, held at Lancaster Castle & arrived in NSW as a convict with her son on 20 12 1808 after a voyage of 5months on AEOLUS. She married secondly (2of3) James (Bowler) on 6 5 1810 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 3children. She is recorded in 1825 with Conditional Pardon with her children at Liverpool, employed by Thomas (Calligan) as housekeeper.>>> James (Bowler) was born about 1774. He was tried at Derby Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 27 7 1807 after a voyage of 6months on DUKE OF PORTLAND. He died as emancipist on 29 6/2 7 1819 age45 & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. [Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Ann (Allen/ein) married thirdly Thomas (Spencer) on 1 9 1824 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. She died as an emancipist on 15 9 1826 age42 mother of 4children & was buried, as (Bowler), in the (St Phillips CofE?) Devonshire St Cemetery, later re-interred at Bunnerong. Thomas (Spencer) was born about 1742. He was tried at Stafford Assizes, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 20 12 1808 after a voyage of 5months on ADMIRAL GAMBIER. [Some details taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
Ann died (as Ann Bowler) 15th Sept 1826, recorded on her gravestone as aged 42. She was buried in the Devonshire St Cemetery, later re-interred at Bunnerong.
Along with Isabella Vickers, Mary Dolan and Hannah Fagan, 26 year old Ann stole two pieces of printed cotton from the shop of David Mcclure at Wigan in Nov 1807 and brought to Lancaster Assizes for the Lent 1808 session. They all had death sentences reprieved.They were held at Lancaster Castle gaol whilst awaiting transportation
Convicted at Lancaster Assizes, not Liverpool as previously stated- Liverpool did not have an assize court at this time. Arrested at Wigan along with Isabella Vickers, Mary Dolan and Hannah Fagan for together, stealing two pieces of printed cotton. Mary and Hannah were also transported on the Aeolus, Isabella on the Canada. All four had had death sentences reprieved.
James died in 1819, however, Ann and his family are recorded in the 1825 muster: Bowler, Henry, 18, born in the colony, son of Mrs. Allen, Liverpool. Bowler, Samuel, 14, born in the colony, son of Mrs. Allen, Liverpool. Bowler, Elizabeth, 10, born in the colony, daughter of Mrs. Allen, Liverpool. Allen, Ann, conditional pardon, Eolus, 1808, life, housekeeper to Thos. Calligan, Liverpool. No record of Ann located in 1828 except for her son, Henry: [Ref A0285 - page 32] Allen, Henry, 20, CF, Aeolus, 1810, Labourer to John McGuigan, Liverpool Rd, Lower Minto.
Ann was convicted at Lancaster, Liverpool Assizes for a term of life on 16 March 1808. She was transported on Eolus [Aeolus] and arrived in the colony January 26th 1809. In the colony, Ann married James Bowler (Convict, Duke of Portland, 1807). They married at Parramatta May 6th 1810. James Bowler of the parish of Parramatta and Ann Allen were married in this church by banns this sixth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and ten by me Samuel Marsden. Both James and Ann signed the register by making their X marks in the presence of John Peat who signed the register and Elizabeth Cook who made her X mark. Ann already had a son, Henry who had come with her when she was transported. James and Ann had three children: Samuel 1810, Sarah 1812 and Elizabeth 1815. Young Sarah died as an infant.