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Transportation
Elinor James was transported on the Brothers, departing 20th Nov 1823 and arriving 5th Apr 1824 with 91 passengers.
Brothers (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 107 (55) |
| 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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Tasmanian Conduct Record_ https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-5$init=CON40-1-5p172 25. Eleanor James, Tried at Cardigan 5 Sept 1822, 7 years. Transported for receiving Stolen goods. Gaol report – a thief from her infancy. Ship Report, disorderly. Stated this offence, Stealing clothes, once 4 months for stealing, single. Aug 17 1824. Repd. Misconduct & refused to do her duty. Some soap found in her box is admitted by her to be her master’s property. Factory C. Class.
There is in existence a list of the names of women, received in irons, on board the Brothers, which sailed in 1823; it was taken down at the time, by direction of Mrs. Fry, in order that a represention might be made upon the subject to the Government. By this list, it appears that twelve arrived on board handcuffed. A woman from Cardigan travelled with a hoop of iron round her ancle, until she arrived at Newgate, where the sub-matron insisted on having it taken off. In driving the rivet towards her leg to do so, it gave her so much pain, that she fainted under the operation. She stated, that during a lengthened imprisonment, she wore an iron-hoop round her waist; from that a chain connected with another hoop round her leg above the knee, from which a second chain was fastened to a third hoop round her ancle: in the hoop that went round her waist were, she said, two bolts or fastenings in which her hands were confined when she went to bed at night, which bed was only of straw. Such were a few of the scenes, into which Mrs. Fry was introduced, in this department of her important labours for the good of the suffering and the sinful of her own sex. The prisoner who came from Cardigan was Elinor James. She was tried at the Great Sessions, Cardigan on 2nd September 1822 and sentenced to seven years transportation. She may have been the only female transportee from Cardigan......She was charged with feloniously stealing from the house of a certain Anne Thomas in Tremain. She allegedly removed one gown, one silk shawl and one handkerchief, the property of one Mary Phillips, and one cloak, petticoat, silk handkerchief and flannel apron, the property of Anne Thomas. Her companion, David George, aged 59 was charged with removing a similar array of clothing from the same house. David George was apprehended in early May, whilst Eleanor James was not brought in and charged until July. From records, this was not her first offence, and the gaol report describes her as a thief from infancy. She was transported to Tasmania and was kept for a brief period in a female factory before being assigned to a master.
https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/ships/Brothers1824_SJ.pdf Surgeon’s Journal of Her Majesty’s Female Convict Ship Brothers Mr James Hall, Surgeon 16th October 1823–15th May 1824 Adm. 101/13/6 E. James, age 40, Ill 30 Dec with Phlegmona. Phlegmona 5 P.M. This patient is from Wales and understands very little of the English language. She has a phlegmonous inflammation on the middle of the shin. The limb is ordered to be laid at rest & the part affected is to be constantly wetted with the following. ..... She was discharged 1 Jan.