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Transportation
Jane Wheeler was transported on the Catherine, departing 8th Dec 1813 and arriving 4th May 1814 with 98 passengers.
325 ton ship. Built in New Bedford 1811. Sailed from Falmouth, England to Cove, Ireland. Departed Dec 1813 and arrived Sydney, Australia 4 May 1814. 98 female passengers (4 children), 1 death en route. Register of passengers on this web site is currently being updated - not yet complete (researchers please note) R
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| Primary Source | NSW Settler & Convict List HO10/18. Ancestry. Tasmanian Records; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202909359/jane-wheeler |
Claims
"Jane wheeler is my 4th great grandmother. She was married to James Brown Hobbs. Leisa Cooper"
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Convict Notes
1822 NSW Convict Lists: Free by servitude
Tasmanian Archives state 21 at age of marriage to James Brown in 1815 (RGD36/1/1 no 171). Buried St Andrew's Uniting Church Cemetery 1841 in family grave with sons William Wheeler (1818-1863) and James Wheeler (1815-1863). Headstone states Jane Wheeler was 62 at death. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202909359/jane-wheeler
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1p36 List of sixty female convicts embarked on board Kangaroo to land at the Derwent in Van Diemen’s Land, and their indents from the Catherine Convict ship. Sydney 24 May 1814. No 58. Jane Wheeler, age 19, tried City of Cork, Sept 1813, 7 years. -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Convict Record- https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-9$init=CON40-1-9p223 1. Jane Wheeler, Catharine 1814, Kangaroo 1816. Tried at Cork, 1813, 7 years. Dec 22 1814. Quitting Hobart Town without a pass – to be fed on B & W only & kept in soly. Confinement 14 days. Aug 30 1817. Ux Brown, Stealing in the Dw.house of Wm Healey – one month hard labor in gaol. Jan 1 1820 Ux Brown / Receiving stolen seals the propty. Of Wm Clarke – Six months hard labor in gaol. Feb 5 1824. Ux Brown / D & Disy. - fined 5/- -------------------------------------------------- Marriage Record: Hobart Town 1815. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-1p37j2k James Brown, age 23, convict per General Hewit, and Jane Wheeler, age 21, convict per Catherine, were married by Banns, 9 Jan 1815. James signed his name, Jane made her mark X. Witness was Mary Glenne.