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Elizabeth Browne was transported on the Hooghley, departing 24th Jun 1831 and arriving 27th Sep 1831 with 186 passengers.
The Hooghley was built in London in 1819. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Hooghley in 1825, 1828, 1831 and 1834. 1831 Voyage - Hooghley. Shipping; Intelligence. ARRIVALS. From Cork, on Tuesday last, whence she sailed the 24th June last, the ship, Hooghley,309 tons, Captain Reeves, with- 184 female prisoners. Surgeon superintendent, James Ellis, Esq. this vessel brings out ten free settlers and 20 children, as steerage passengers. Source; The Sydney Herald. Mon 3 Oct 1831. Page 4. Shipping Intelligence.
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| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. |
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Convict Notes
DEATHS. On the 22nd April, at her residence, Ben Lomond Cottage, North Richmond, ELIZABETH, aged 71 years, the beloved wife of Mr. ROBERT EATHER, Sen , and only daughter of the late Martin Creagh, attorney, of Dublin, and sister of the late Pierce John Creagh, of Sydney. Limerick papers please copy. Sydney Morning Herald, 8 May 1873.
Mr. Pierce Creagh, Mr. George Creagh and Mrs. Elizabeth Browne, brothers and sister, for receiving a quantity of waistcoating, cloth, and cassimere, the property of Mr. John Hogan James, woollen-draper, knowing same to be stolen. Verdict, not guilty as to Elizabeth Browne—guilty as to Pierce and George Creagh. years’ trans- The conviction is a most important one, as it appeared in evidence the prisoners induced an apprentice to rob his Dublin Morning Register, 16 Mar 1830. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Limerick Assizes. Elizabeth Brown was indicted for stealing . half crowns, the property of S. Dickson, Esq, | :t . ; at the time in his service. S. Dickson, Esq., sworn—Knows the prisoner, at the bar, Elizabeth Browne ; she lived in his service in June last, and for six years previously ; was his ? and had the entire management of his establishment; at various times lost sums of money out of his dr?,.for which he could not account. one occasion .sum? of money in his drawer, amounting to?, going to it some time after, he found in it only ; . ( reckoned £2 17s 6d. which then put in the ? and, having occasion to go out. he found it, on his return, less 10s 6d ; and on coming in in after I missed 2s 6d more. Put then private nooks in drawer, and, going out, he found them removed on return; went then to the police-office, and Capt advised him to to mark some silver and leave it in the ?; marked 15 half-crowns and 20 shillings ; went out on Sunday, and when he returned, found 11s had disappeared ; had occasion to out again, and when he came back, further sum of 8s was gone ; on Tuesday, marked silver was put into the drawer, and witness was out for about an hour and half; on coming in, was about to out; she did out, and on drawer four half-crowns and two shillings were I brought Captain Drought and the police, and prisoner and the other servants searched ; found the marked half-crowns on the person of the prisoner .I went then to the house of her brother, Mr Creagh’s, and in his till, found another marked ? and shilling. Prisoner was searched by a female, and nothing further was found on her Mr. Dickson likewise gave testimony of his having,.J pointed out the Sautern wine been having been ? by prisoner, and also his beds having been taken ; Capt. Drought, Police Magistrate, proved ?ncy having been marked, and to two half crowns ( which he produced, having been found on prisoner ) pocket-book ; she said she received them at her house in payment for liquor. For the defence, Johanna Nolan was examined; proved, that at the time sworn to by the former, she bought two bottles of wine which prisoner said she wanted send to the wedding. The learned Judge then charged the Jury, who retired for short time gave in a verdict of guilty to the prisoner. The prisoner was then sentenced to transported seven years. After the sentence, the prisoner addressed the Court in a firm and collected manner, and by requesting that her husband and children might be allowed to go with her, which the Court had no power to grant. When the unfortunate woman was removing from the bar she was much affected, and fainted away. Cork Constitution, 18 March 1830.
Born 1796. Elizabeth Creagh or Cray (her maiden surname) was baptised in Dublin in late August 1796, so was a little older than her age in convict records that indicate a c. 1798 birth (RC St. Andrews Dublin parish records). Died as Elizabeth Eather on 22 April 1873, North Richmond (NSW death certificate). Pierce Browne (b. 1829), her youngest with Mark Browne, was the “one male child onboard” with her. David Brown was the father of Elizabeth’s two Australian-born daughters, Marian Mary Brown and Theresa Brown (based on their 1857 and 1858 marriage records which state that David was a shopkeeper-cum-general dealer). Elizabeth and David never married formally. No other corroborated details have been found for David. The claim that Elizabeth had a de-facto relationship with a “David Brown in Portland [NSW, to the west of the Blue Mountains]” is unsupported and goes against the convict records which make it clear that Elizabeth was an assigned servant until 1836 and received her ticket-of-leave in August that year (one or two years after the birth of Marian Mary). It was a condition of the ticket-of-leave that she remain in the District of Sydney. She completed her 7-year sentence in 1837 and gained her freedom. Theresa was born after Elizabeth was free.
Maiden name Creagh; Married to Mark Browne in Ireland; De-facto relationship with David Brown in Portland, NSW who fathers 2 children (1835 & 1839); Marries Robert Eather of Windsor 6th Dec 1856 at St John's, Parramatta
BROTHERS; Pierce & George arrived in the Colony in the names of Pierce & George CREAGH per ship; Andromeda - 1830
1837 - 13 Apr. Certificate of Freedom. 37/301. Age; 39. Lost 4 upper front teeth
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Name; Elizabeth Browne Ship; Hooghley (3) - 1831 Indent No; 71 Age; 33 Est birth Year; 1798 Read & Write; Married 1 male child. [ONE MALE CHILD ON BOARD] Religion; Catholic Native Place; Dublin Calling; Dressmaker, housekeeper Offence; Stealing money from master Date of Trial: City of Limerick. 13 March 1830 Sentence; 7 years Height; 5 ft. 2 ½ in Complexion; Sallow, freckled Hair; Brown, dark Eyes; hazel Remarks; BROTHERS; Pearce and George Gray, per Andromeda C37/301.