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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Ellen Roberts was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 7th Sep 1822 and arriving 27th Feb 1823 with 98 passengers.
A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)
Lord Sidmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Lancashire, England, Quarter Session Records and Petitions, 1648-1908- Order Books- 1821 |
| 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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Convict Notes
within Prison commission records-Lancaster gaol-1820-1826... 'Says she was born at Blackburn, sallow complexion, pitted with smallpox, grey eyes, brown hair turning grey, middle stature, very thin. Has been in the New Bayley several times, with two past convictions for felony' Gained her certificate of freedom in 1828 (1828/392) [Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899, Comprehensive register of convicts (CORE SERIES) N - Z, 1804-1847. p.303. Ancestry] In Van Diemen's Land, Ellen was assigned at arrival but a month later she was locked up on bread and water for a week for absconding from her master's home and being drunk and disorderly. In April she twice repeated this earning her another week inside. In October she was returned to the female factory (presumeably declared unsuitable for her work) and by February 1824 she was demoted to C-class. Despite this she was still being allowed out (to work?) as long as she returned back to the factory at night; though when she 'came back drunk from a house at Macquarie Point she was again demoted to C class with hard labour. In September that year Ellen was again brought into the factory; this time for assaulting her master- she escaped prosecution only because she had already raised complaints about him. Similar episodes of absenteeism and being drunk and disorderly and return trips to C class then continued sporadically until Ellen gained her certificate of freedom in 1828. Even after this time, Ellen received a final fine for being drunk in October 1829. Although it's not certain to be 'our' Ellen, a 50 year old (possibly an estimate) Ellen Roberts, a labouring woman, died of suffocation in November 1831 at Glenorchy and was buried in St Davids' Cemetery Hobart 25th November.
The wife of George Roberts of Manchester. Ellen was found guilty of theft at the Lancaster Quarter Sessions, held at Salford on 22/10/1821. She was sent to Lancaster Castle to await transportation.