Ellen Jones

Ellen Jones, one of 89 convicts transported on the Earl of Liverpool, December 1830

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Ellen Jones
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1790
Occupation:	House servant
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 59 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing
Convicted at:	Salop (Town of Shrewsbury) Quarter Session
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	America
Departure date:	30th December, 1830
Arrival date:	9th May, 1831
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 181 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 540. http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON40-1-5,358,198,F,60.
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 Project.

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Nell Murphy on 20th May, 2016 wrote:

Ellen Jones was convicted for stealing wearing apparel, at Salop on 23 April 1830. One previous offence. 7yr sentence. Ellen was transferred to the ship ‘America’ and went to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) NOT sailing on the ‘Earl of Liverpool’ to NSW.

Single; aged 41yrs; 4’10 1/4”.
Native place: Carnarvon

1834: misconduct in being out after hours, with rum in her possession. Returned to Female Factory, Cascades, Hobart.

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 20th May, 2016 made the following changes:

voyage, source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 540. http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON40-1-5,358,198,F,60. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm