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Transportation
Ellen Connors was transported on the Lady Rowena, departing 19th Jan 1826 and arriving 17th May 1826 with 103 passengers.
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Family connections for Ellen (Connors/Connor/O'Connor) may be: CONNORS Ellen (Connors/Connor/O'Connor) was born about 1798, perhaps in Limerick Ireland & became a house servant. She had a relationship & produced a child. She was tried w/1other for stealing a watch etc of Michael (Noonan) at Cork Ireland in 1825, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 17 5 1826 after a voyage of 4months on LADY ROWENA; she was Catholic. She may have had a relationship with John (McKenzie his second relationship) & produced a child. It may be she who was recorded in 1830 at Parramatta Factory. 1.??? (???/Connors/Connor/O'Connor) was born in Ireland & may have accompanied her mother to NSW, arriving on 17 5 1826 after a voyage of 4months on LADY ROWENA. [Some details taken from this Website] John (Kinsey) was born about 1783 & became a shoe maker. He was tried w/3others including his brother James for demanding arms, on 21 11 1806, of Robert (Armstrong) of Oghill at Sligo Ireland in Decenber 1806, sentenced to 7years, variously named (Kinsey/Kinzy) & arrived in NSW as a convict with his brother on 27 7 1807 after a voyage of 7months on DUKE OF PORTLAND; he used the name (McKenzie) in NSW. He was issued his Certificate of Freedom no.6/1293 on 3 1 1814; he was 5'6" dark pockmarked complexion dark brown hair hazel eyes. On 30 6 1814 while he was at Pitt Town he was granted land. He WAS A SETTLER WHEN HE married firstly Mary (Hobbs/Robs) on 8 10 1814 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. On 16 11 1816 he was at Hawkesbury. In November 1820 he was subjected to a burglary at his house at Windsor, as was his brother. In 1839 he was owner of 50acres at Catti/ai Creek. He died in 1865 age about82 father of 8known children. [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.
COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT Ellen Connor and Mary Driscoll were indicted for stealing a watch and sundry articles of wearing apparel, from Michael Noonan, at Mallow, on the night of Thursday, the 11h inst. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, a respectable looking man, that having been in Mallow on the evening the day laid in the indictment, in a state of great intoxication, be found himself about 4 o'clock on the next morning the upper end of Mallow, robbed of his watch, cravat, pen-knike and some tenpennies; and he did not know or see the prisoners, until the following Saturday, when they were pointed out to him in the Bridewell of that town. Judith ?uod, accomplice and approver, deposed that the prisoner Ellen Connor, sold the watch to Jeremiah Lynch, the owner of a public house in Cork, for 9s. 9d., 1s. 1d. which was given to the witness. The watch and neckerchief were now produced, and identified by Mr. Noonan, as his property. Both the prisoners were found Guilty, and sentenced to seven years’ transportation. Southern Reporter, 20 Aug 1825.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Ellen Connors, alias Connor, Conner, O’Connor, age on arrival, 28, per Lady Rowena 1826, Tried Cork, 1825, 7 years, for stealing watch. No previous convictions. DOB, 1798, native place, Limerick, Married, 1 child. Catholic. Spinner house servant.