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Voyage
Transportation
Eliza Wheelan was transported on the Woodman, departing 25th Jan 1823 and arriving 25th Jun 1823 with 104 passengers.
1823 Journey. SHIP News.— The ship Woodman, Captain Ford, arrived from Ireland, via Rio de Janiero, on Wednesday evening the 25th ult. She brings 94 female convicts, in good health; together with 8 children. Including children, there are 38 free passengers, by this opportunity, mostly destined for Van Diemen's Land. Sydney Gazette, 3 July 1823.
Woodman (generic)References
| Primary Source | Partial copy of list of convicts arriving on Woodman 25th June 1823 HO 11/4 series |
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Convict Notes
William Williams married Ellen Whalan on 28 July 1829 in St Phillips Church, Sydney. The Marriage Application Register and a Gaol Admittance Register has Ellen Whelan as having arrived on the Woodman with a 14 year sentence. The "Woodman" sailed only twice to Australia with convicts: 1823 (females only) and 1825 (males only). The Woodman passenger list has no Ellen Whelan, but it does have Eliza Wheelan, being the best candidate as being the Ellen that married Williams. Eliza Wheelan was tried in the City of Dublin on 17 April 1822 and was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for Uttering Forged Notes.
NSW 1828 census, at Botany Bay, at Whelands Farm: Charles Cridland, 24, T.L., ship Ebie 1820,Life, trade -sayer, protestant. Eliza Whealan, 22, A.S. to husband, ship Woodman 1823, 14 years,wife to C.C., catholic and 2 children, Charles Cridland, 2 1/2, and Mary Ann Cridland, 1 1/2. Both Born in Colony. Charles Cridland signed with his mark.
This information, regerdin gher husband, does not seem to fit in with existing information about Eliza. Sydney Gazette, 30 May 1827 Absconded prisoners. Whalen Eliza, Woodman, Servant, 22, Dublin, 5 feet 4 ½, blue eyes, flaxen hair, pale pock, pitted- complexion, from her Husband, Joseph Maddix.
Spouse: Charles CRIDLAND (Hebe, 1820) Married: 25/09/1825, Sydney Children(13): Charles John 1826, Mary Ann 1827, Henry 1828, Martin 1829, James 1831, Harietta Esther 1833, Catherine 1836, Alfred 1838, George 1840, Mathew 1843, William 1845, Francis 1847 and Margaret 1849