Family Treeof Trudy Mae COWLEY
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This page last updated: 25-Nov-2003 Abodes Aliases Baptism Birth Burial Children Death Description Education Freedom Marriage Occupations Probation Siblings Transportation Trial
AbodesAccording to the Valuation Rolls for the district of Evandale for 1874, 1878 and 1885, Ann’s husband, William, owned and occupied a house at White Hills on less than one acre of land with an annual value of £9. Ann, continued to live in this house after William’s death in 1886 for at least another thirteen years. The valuation rolls for the district of Evandale taken on 9 January 1894 and 6 June 1899 list Mrs William COWLEY owning and occupying a house with four rooms on less than one acre of land with a capital value of £30 and an annual value of £8 in 1894 and £5 in 1899. It is assumed that some time after 1899 that Ann went to live with one of her offspring. Ann died 20 years later on 4 May 1906 of enlargement of the liver and heart disease. She was living in Ellendale at the time of her death. It is not known which, if any, of Ann’s offspring were living at Ellendale in 1906. BurialAnn was buried at St Peter's Anglican church, Hamilton on 4 May 1906, the same day she died, by S H Hughes. Her age was given as 85 and her abode as Ellendale. DeathAnn's stated year of birth on her death certificate is 1821, which conflicts with the age given on her marriage certificate. As it is likely to have been her daughter or son-in-law that supplied the date, it could well have been erroneous. Her death certificate details record Ann as being born in 1821 in Ireland and the widow of William COWLEY at the time of her death. Ann's death was registered on 12 May 1906. DescriptionAnn was described in the
convict records as a country servant single
with a fair complexion with blue eyes, but having black
hair and eyebrows. Her head was
round, her visage oval, her forehead low, and her nose, mouth and chin were
medium. Her height was not given. Ann's convict indent states she was 22 years old, but in the surgeon's journal, her age was given as 26 years old. Ann was unable to either read or write. She was a Roman Catholic. Ann's character on the ship was given as indifferent. According to family oral history, Ann was a
hard woman. FreedomAnn was granted her Ticket of Leave on 10 June 1856, three and a half years after her marriage to William COWLEY. She was recommended for a Conditional Pardon on 29 June 1858 and this was granted on 17 May 1859. MarriageWilliam Caldecut COWLEY was single at the time of his transportation in 1841. Ann was also single when she was transported in 1849. On 7 December 1852, William, who was "free", applied for permission to marry Ann DALY, who arrived as a convict per Australasia. Permission to marry was granted on 5 January 1853. William and Ann were both single and of the district of Campbell Town when they posted banns for their marriage on Sunday 30 January, 6 February and 13 February 1853. William married Ann DALY on 14 February 1853 at St Luke's Church Campbell Town by William Bedford according to the rites and ceremonies of the United Church by banns. Witnesses were Hugh Burns and Ellen Foster (they both marked x for their signature). William was aged 37 years , a bachelor and a labourer. Ann was aged 27 years, a spinster and a house servant. They both made x marks for their signature. Doing the TimeUpon arrival in Tasmania, Ann was first sent to the hospital to recover from weakness and debility as the result of fever. After her recover she was sent to the Anson probation station – a hulk (HMS Anson) moored in Prince of Wales Bay, Hobart. Her status was 3rd class. On 5 January 1852 she was assigned to Mr John PRESNELL of Ross as a house servant. Eleven days later, on 16 January, she was returned to the Ross Female Factory. On
14 October 1852 she was assigned to Mr John RIGNEY of Ellerslie
at Campbell Town. It is likely that
she met William COWLEY whilst
working as house servant at this property. Whilst under probation and assignment, Ann committed several offences. On 16 November 1849, whilst on the Anson hulk, she received 7 days in the cells for refusing to attend the teaching of the Roman Catholic catechism (even though she was listed as Roman Catholic on her convict record). Just over a year later, on 6 December 1850 she was charged with being absent without leave by Mr LEWIS and sentenced to three months hard labour. She may have been assigned to Mr LEWIS at the time. A week later on 13 December she was sent to the Female Factory at Hobart. Just over a year later, on 16 January 1852 a Mr CRESWELL charged her with being absent without leave and being found in Mr GREEN’s stable on Saturday night. She was sentenced to 9 months hard labour. It is interesting to speculate who she may have been meeting in Mr GREEN’s stable. As a result, one week later on 23 January 1852 she was returned to the Female Factory at Ross. Whilst
at the Ross Female Factory, on 4 February 1852 she received 7 days in the cells
for idleness and neglect of work. Three
weeks later on 24 February 1852 she was sentenced to two months hard labour to
be cumulative from 27 February 1852 at the Female Factory at Ross for feigning
sickness. Ann’s last recorded offence was on 3 April 1852 when her existing sentence with hard labour at the Female Factory at Ross was extended for one month. No reason is given. SiblingsAt the time of her trial and transportation, Ann's mother, Ellen, and her two sisters, Ellen and Biddy, were living at Kings County, Ireland. TransportationAnn was transported per Australasia which departed Dublin, Ireland on 26 June 1849. The Australasia arrived in Hobart, Tasmania on 29 September 1849 taking only 95 days to make the journey. Ann was one of 200 female convicts on board. The Surgeon Superintendent was Alexander KILROY
- his report on Ann as appears on her convict indent stated she was indifferent. Ann was the first person on the sick list for the voyage, being admitted to the sick list with fever on 10 July 1849 whilst at sea. She was discharged from the sick list because she was cured just over a week later on 18 July 1849. The surgeon superintendent, Alexander KILROY, made the following comments in his journal about Ann's illness. July 10th - Complains of violent headache with shivering and pains in the back with a feeling of debility. Her tongue is thickly furred, bowels constipated, pulse rather weak. Her hair was cut close and a cloth kept constantly wetted applied ... July 11th - Headache still continues. Tongue thickly furred with great thirst and hot skin. Bowels twice opened ... July 13th - Is better but still complains of headache with thirst ... July 15th - Continues to improve. Headache nearly gone. Tongue still slightly furred ... July 16th - Is very much better. Tongue cleansed, bowels not free ... July 18th - Feels quite well. Discharged from the sick list ... However, Ann can't have been completely cured, because she was put back on the sick list on 2 August 1849, again for fever, and stayed there until arrival in Hobart Town. Alexander KILROY's journal entries for Anne this time (case 6) read: August 2nd - Complains again of headache, pain in the back withshivering and debility. Her tongue is coated with a brown fur. Bowels costive. She has been discharged from the sick list about a fortnight after a former attack ... Head shaved and a wet cloth applied. August 3rd - Bowels lack purged but the headache is more severe ... August 4th - Headache still continues ... August 6th - Is rather better ... August 10th - Is free from headache but complains of debility ... August 20th - Is free of pain but still continues weak ... August 26th - Complains of pains in the abdomen with sense of debility. Bowels sluggish ... August 30th - Is free from pain but continues weak ... September 7th - Is much the same ... September 14th - Complains of pains in the cardiac region with great debility ... September 16th - Is free from pain but continues very weak ... September 24th - Is much better but still complains of weakness in the back ... September 29th - Seems quite well but says she feels weak - sent to Hospital. Thus, upon arrival at Hobart Town, Ann was transferred to the hospital to continue her recovery from fever. In his general remarks, the surgeon offers reasons for the fevers which several of the convicts, including Ann, suffered during the voyage. When the convicts were embarked at Kingstown they seemed to be in excellent health, although in reality they were not so for most of them had suffered from insufficient and bad food before their convictions and in Grange Gorman Depot had been fed a good deal on Bread and Milk which gave them a healthy appearance, but very soon after the change from that diet to the salt provisions of the ship they suffered considerably in health, labouring under obstipation with ma... and gastric ...ation This change was felt the more suddenly from want of the usual supply of potatoes which are generally given to fresh convict ships and which could not be procured at the time the Australasia sailed from Kingstown. The cases at first were not very severe in the Fever cases which occurred during the warm weather principally within the tropics. The head was generally very much affected but in only two of them required b...section. These two cases 3 and 4 of this Journal, their convalescence was very slow and frequently interrupted and complicated by local congestions, dysentry and dysuria. The other cases of fever were generally relived by purging with a cold application to the head and in some of them b...tis which in hard cases had to be repeated. The convicts remained in pretty good health until we got into cold and damp weather after passing the Cape of Good Hope. When dysentery became prevalent amongst them the cases were not very severe at first although some of them proved tedious but after a time the cases became more or less complicated with Scarbulic (?) Symptoms and then became very troublesome and difficult to manage ... Those sent sick on board the Anson were generally slight cases but still requiring medical treatment and there was not room for them in the Hospital. ... whenever they went on deck their feet soon became damp and cold in consequence of the thinness of their shoes which are very little use as a means of keeping the feet dry and warm and I think it would be a great improvement in female convict ships to send thicker and stronger shoes and in that case one pair per convict should be sufficient for the voyage. Thus, it would seem that Ann's fevers were a combined result of starvation prior to being arrested, a diet of salt meat rations on board ship and the humid weather of the tropics. TrialAnn was charged in 1849 of setting fire to a house at Kildare. She was tried on 20 March 1849 at Kildare and sentenced to transportation for life, at the age of 22 years. She was prosecuted by Butler of County Kildare. She had never been convicted of an offence before, which probably meant she didn’t hang. In the Freeman's Journal of 22 March 1849, the following article about Ann's offence was printed:
HOUSE AND RICK BURNING Thus, Ann deliberately committed her crime in order to be transported. Her gaol report, whilst awaiting transportation, was very good - Ann was held in the Grangegorman Depot in Dublin. |
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