Ann Foley (nee McAlister)
Ann was deported from England and sentenced to 7 years for shoplifting a
11 pounds of pork. She arrived in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) on December
25, 1843 (Christmas Day!) on the female convict ship 'Woodbridge' and
disembarked at Hobart.
Her details are as follows:
Convict number - 262
Height - 5 feet 3 inches
Age - 33 years
Trade - Laundress
Tried - Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), London on January 30, 1842
(?)
Sentence - 7 years for shoplifting (11 pounds of pork)
Native place - Glasgow
Status - Married with 3 children (one of whom, Thomas James Foley, born
December 3, 1839) accompanied her.
Religion - Church of England
Husband - James Foley, at Liverpool.
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Houndsditch, London
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Elizabeth Rebecca Stamp
Eldest daughter of Frederick Stamp and Mary Ann Whichelow. She was born on
January 5, 1840 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England. She arrived in Victoria on the
'Star of the South' disembarking in Melbourne on August 5, 1857.
A site detailing a genealogy of the Whichelow surname is at
Heslington Genealogy
(It is not known at this stage whether the genealogy of this history is
linked with this. However it is interesting to note that the name 'Selina' in
this family as well as in ours)
Sandra Adelaide
(Foley) Hogkins - grave at (?) Hastings, Victoria
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