Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Ann Wildgrass was transported on the Indispensible, departing 31st Jan 1809 and arriving 18th Aug 1809 with 63 passengers.
Indispensible (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 421 (210) |
| 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 is my gr8x4 g'mother."
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Convict Notes
In the colony, Ann Married James Whalan (Came Free as Immigrant, Minorca, 1801). They married July 27th 1810 at St Philips, Sydney. James was described as a labourer of Sydney and bachelor and Ann of the same place, a spinster. James signed the register and Ann made her X mark. Witnesses were Thomas Tabor and Dan McGragor. James Whalan died in 1825 and it is difficult to ascertain if he and Ann where still together at that time. She was then with James Fitzpatrick (no details). However, all the children were baptised with the surname Whalan. Fitzpatrick also died before the 1828 Census and she is there recorded as a housekeeper for Charles Thorpe. By 1828 Anne's husband James had died and her children were (on the day of the census) living in the house of John Watson, her brother in law. She was living in the household of Charles Thorpe (it is unclear whether she was his wife or merely his housekeeper or a combination of both) at Botany. [Ref W0042] Wailing, Mary 15, born in colony at Jn Watson. [Ref W0043] Wailing, James 13, born in colony at Jn Watson. [Ref W0044] Wailing, Richard 9, born in colony at Jn Watson. [Ref T0641] Charles Thorpe was aged 50 and by then had received an absolute pardon. He was a butcher who had arrived aboard the ship 'Coromandel' in 1804 having received a 14 year sentence.
Ann and her mother Judith and sister Judith, were convicted on a charge of larceny at the Norfolk Court of Sessions and were sentenced to seven years transportation to NSW. The ‘Norfolk Mercury’ of 8 Oct 1808 reported: ‘Country Sessions Judith Wildgrass an old offender and Ann Wildgrass her daughter; for stealing six geese the property of Mr. Kiles of Rackheath, to be transported for 7 years, Judith Wildgrass, another daughter of the above, charged with stealing sundry articles, the property of John ?? of Thorpeville, transported for 7 years’. They were transported aboard the ship ‘Indispensible’ which arrived in the colony on 18 Aug 1809. Judith was aged 47, daughter Ann was 25 and Judith 20.