Ellen Becket

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Summary

Born
Jan 1828
Conviction
Theft - larceny
Departure
Jun 1848
Arrival
Oct 1848
Death
Jun 1866
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Personal Information

Name: Ellen Becket
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1828
Death: 20th Jun 1866
Age at death: 38
Occupation: Laundress
Aliases: Ellen Taylor [Married]

Crime

Convicted at: Cork County
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 16th Jun 1848
Ship: Kinnear
Arrival: 7th Oct 1848
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Ellen Becket was transported on the Kinnear, departing 16th Jun 1848 and arriving 7th Oct 1848 with 141 passengers.

Built 1834 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 369 Tons. (Register of persons transported is not yet completed - currently being listed.) 1842 Voyage. OCT. 23. - Arrived the barque Kinnear, Lidderdale master, from Dublin 10th July, with 180 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent - G. J. Fox, Esq. The guard consists of Captain Bull (with Mrs. Bull, 4 children, and 1 female servant), and 30 rank and file of the 99th Regt., - 4 women, and 6 children. Colonial Times (Hobart) 25 Oct 1842.

KinnearKinnear (generic)

References

Primary SourceTasmanian Indents for Kinnear. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p6 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p7

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Convict Notes

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 16th July 2024

DIED; 20 June 1866. Name; Ellen Beckett UX Taylor Free by Servitude Interred in the General Hospital Hobart

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 18th December 2021

Marriage Permissions https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-3p164j2k Date of Permission: 18 Sep Approved. James Taylor, free, and Ellen Beckett, Kinnear.

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 5th December 2021

Tasmanian Indents for Kinnear. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p6 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p7 Ellen Becket, tried Cork Co. 14 March 1848, 7 years, age 20, height 4 ft 11 ½. catholic, can read, single. Offence: Goat stealing, pro Mahan; Geese, 6 months. Surgeons Report, Good. Trade, Plain Laundress. Native place, Clonmell. Remarks: Brothers, Cornelius & William in Clonmell; Sister, Ann in London.