Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Ann White was transported on the Indefatigable And Minstrel, departing 9th May 1812 and arriving 19th Oct 1812 with 331 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby, England. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. The Indefatigable sailed from England on 4th June 1812 in company with the Minstrel. The Indefatigable came direct to Hobart, VDL arriving there on 19 October 1812. One prisoner died on the voyage out. Having disembarked the prisoners in Hobart, the Indefatigable arrived in Port Jackson on 6 December 1812, departing there bound for England in January 1813. The Indefatigable returned to Australia with convicts in 1815 (see separate listing).
Indefatigable And Minstrel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 58 |
| 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 |
Claims
"Ann White is my first convict to arrive in Australia, on my maternal line."
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Convict Notes
NSW Convict Application to Marry. Joseph Stubbs, per Admiral Gambier 1, age 48, 7 years, Free; and Ann White, per Minstrel 1, age 50, Life, Ticket of Leave. Castlereagh, Date of permission, 20 Sep 1827.
Gloucester Assizes.  Ann and Jos. White, (mother and son, the latter only 14,) for stealing one ewe sheep in the parish Stroud, the property of Philip Watson, were found guilt, condemned. Cheltenham Chronicle, 21 March 1811.
Ann married fellow convict Elijah Lane at Parramatta in 1813. In 1820, her son by first husband Joseph White was transported to NSW for theft, and he was assigned to his step-father Elijah. After Elijah's death in 1826, Ann married Joseph Stubbs in 1828. Ann died at Richmond, NSW in 1840.
Ann and her husband Joseph White were sentenced to death for sheep stealing, her sentence was commuted to transportation