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Transportation
Ann Whelan was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
Janus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Reported in the Australian (Sydney), 12 Apr 1826 http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi |
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Convict Notes
13/6/1827 Sydney Gazette: WHEREAS my Wife, ANN KELLY, absconded from me on the 5th of June without any just cause or provocation, and broke open a Box, and robbed it of Money and other Articles, and having taken Receipts for Cattle pasturing in the Country, this is to Caution the Parties concerned, to deliver no Cattle to her ; and I likewise will pay to any Constable, or other Person, the Reward of Eight Dollars for apprehending her, and lodging her in safe Custody. In her Certificate of Freedom she is named Ann Waling. DANIEL KELLY, Stone Mason, Sydney.
Anne Whelan was 22 years old on arrival. Colonial Secretary Papers: WHALEN, Ann. Per "Janus", 1820 1820 Nov 6: Re permission to marry at Parramatta; listed as Walen (Reel 6007; 4/3502 pp.403-4) 1823 Sep 20: On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3291; 4/4570D p.132) 1820: Married Daniel Kelly (Earl St. Vincent 1818) at St. John's, Parramatta. Children listed: 1822: Bridget 1822-1916 married George Sweeney - she died at Hunters Hill, NSW. 1826: Catherine 6/4/1826: COF - Listed as Ann Whelan. 1828 Census: Daniel, 38, Stonemason, employed by Mr Lawrence Moore in George St, Sydney, with daughter Bridget Margaret (listed as Margaret, 5 years old, in the Census). No mention of Ann or daughter Catherine in the Census.
Certificate of Freedom Obtained Ann Whean, Janus. Reported in the Australian (Sydney), 12 Apr 1826