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Transportation
Ellen Mcaloone was transported on the Brothers, departing 3rd Oct 1826 and arriving 4th Feb 1827 with 159 passengers.
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Convict Notes
Daniel Stanford, Ellen McAloon and Anne Quin were indicted for robbing William M‘Dade of bank notes, on the night of 10th of June last. William M‘Dade, sworn.—Came to Enniskillen to purchase pigs on the 10th of June last; his money, which was in a purse, was taken from him by the prisoner, whom he identifies; he was going to his lodging between eleven and twelve o’clock at night and was knocked down near the church by Stanford; when down, the female prisoners held his hands until Stanford took the money out of his pocket; had drank only one glass; did not know Stanford before; it was a clear moon-light night, and he had a good opportunity of knowing him; when he got up he was again knocked down by Stanford. On his cross-examination he stated, that Stanford kicked when down, and Quin desired him not to kill the man. He had not been drinking with them, nor was not sitting with them, nor did he go down the lane with them. One Pound of the money was found with Stanford by a Police Sergeant next morning, and the remainder was got in a ditch. He did not ask to compromise the Quin’s father’s matter, but was applied to, and asked the advice of Mr. Shiel, the Parish Priest, who refused any interference respecting it, and desired the course of the law to be taken. Guilty. In pronouncing sentence, the Judge said it was fortunate for the prisoners that they were not indicted for a capital felony, as in that case their lives would have been the forfeit of their crime, which was nothing less than highway robbery. They were all sentenced to transportation for seven years.- The three prisoners are inhabitants of Enniskillen, and all young: one of the wretched girls not twenty years of age, and the other little above it, but the whole of them old in iniquity. Enniskillen Chronicle, 23 March 1826
Married to William Woodhouse by Samuel Marsden at St Johns Parramatta. Lived at Rocky Plains and Ingebyra in Jindabyne region. Died at Bungendore NSW while travelling by coach to Goulburn for medical treatment
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Ellen McAloone, age 17, per Brothers (2) 1826, Tried at Fermanagh, 1826, 7 years sentence, for stealing money, Native of Fermanagh, catholic. Servant country. Single. DOB 1810. CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM. THE undermentioned persons have obtained Certificates of Freedom during the last week, viz. : - Brothers 2, Ellen M'Aloone Sydney Herald, 8 Apr 1833.
Tried and convicted at Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland on the 13th March 1826 of street robbery, sentenced to transportation for 7 years. Left Cork on 30th October 1826. Ship:- the 'Brothers' sailed with 161 female convicts on board of which 3 died during the voyage. Arrived on 2nd February 1827. Ellen was firstly assigned to the Women's factory in Parramatta. After six months she obtained employment as a 'nanny' with a magistrate, Mr. Henry Colden Antill at Stonequarry near Picton. Antill and John MacArthur had properties in close proximity of each other and she would have met her future husband, William Woodhouse there. Ellen married convict William Woodhouse ('Earl St. Vincent' 1820) on 21st December 1829 at Parramatta, after obtaining permission to marry from the Colonial Secretary, the couple went on to have 8 children. Ellen received her Ticket of Freedom in 1833. In 1866 Ellen was traveling on the Mail Coach between Queanbeyan and Bungendore, she had a few drinks and then started munching on an apple, a piece of which went down the wrong way and she choked.