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Transportation
Ellen Brooks was transported on the Burrell, departing 31st Dec 1831 and arriving 20th May 1832 with 101 passengers.
Burrell (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 250 |
| 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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Convict Notes
Old Bailey Online ELLEN BROOKS. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 1st December 1831. Text type Trial account Defendants ELLEN BROOKS Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 1st December 1831 Reference Number t18311201-290 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 290. ELLEN BROOKS was again indicted for stealing, on the 24th of November , 1 gown, value 12s. , the goods of Sarah Medcraft . SARAH MEDCRAFT. I live at a house, kept by a person named Manuel, in Cooper's-court, near the London-docks . I had not known the prisoner till last Thursday week, when she came to inquire for a lodging; I came down, and saw her sitting in the room - I afterwards lost a gown, which I saw at the pawnbroker's on the Saturday following. JAMES FINCH . I am in the employ of a pawnbroker, in East Smithfield. I produce a gown, pawned by the prisoner, on the 24th of November, for 4s. MARY MANUEL . I am the wife of John Manuel - we live in Cooper's-court. The prisoner came to my house, and asked for a lodging; I asked her to sit down, and have a cup of coffee, as I was at breakfast - she took it, and then she sent for a drop of wine; she then went up stairs - we got talking together; she said she lived in Tooley-street, and that she had got up very early - she said she paid 7s. or 7s. 6d. a week; I came down to get her some water - she came down in ten minutes, and said she would go and get more wine: she had 1s., and asked what it would come to - I said 10d.; she said she would go for it, and went out with a bottle, and never returned; I went up an hour or an hour and a half afterwards, and missed this gown from the room in which we had been: she had looked at it; she said it was a pretty thing, and asked if it was mine - I said No, it belonged to one of my lodgers. Prisoner. I lent her a gown of mine - she returned it all worn out. Witness. She did lend me an old stuff gown once, and I returned it. GUILTY . Aged 19. - Transported for Seven Years .
Married 18 March 1833 to a fellow convict Thomas Craven. Absconded twice while living with Husband Thomas Craven in 1834 and 1835 both reported in NSW Government Gazette. Described as 5 foot 3 inches, fair complexion, dark brown hair, dark hazel eyes.