Ellen Trott, Free Settler "Hashemy" 1850

GEDCOM Note

may be Meade; <p>Dictionary of WA says Ellen Meade (Medden) arr Thomas Trott; literate, Protestant.</p> <p></p> <p>Her death certificate lists 8 living children. One is deceased (Mary Ann, died in 1874 aged 14) but there are 3 others for whom I have no death records - Edward (b 1881), Maria (b 1879) and Ellen (b 1876). The latter is a bit odd because there already is an Ellen Maria still living. <p></p> <p>Thomas Trott narrative (see sources) lists nine children, with none born after 1874.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Oral history</p> <p></p> <p>Life in Australia:</p> <p></p> <p>Henry Thomas Trott was transported to WA aboard the Scindian which left Portsmouth, England on March 4 1850, bound for the Swan River Colony. This was the first of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 89 days and the Scindian arrived in Fremantle on June 1, 1850 with 200 passengers and 75 male convicts. <p></p> <p>Trott Thomas [aka Henry Thomas]: was registered as convict No 11; Occupation - mason; he was single at the time and listed as; Height 5'5"; Hair brown; Eyes blue; Face oval; Complexion brown; Build stout; Distinguishing Marks Marked with smallpox; Term 15y; Age 28; Trial Place Lincoln Assizes in 1847; Criminal Offence Stealing & Assault in company with others (apparently in a gang known as the Sluice Rangers); Ticket of Leave Date 3 Dec 1850 Ticket of Leave Place Fremantle Expiree 6 Feb 1863 Known Areas Fremantle, Irishtown, Serpentine, Bunbury Kin Son of Hodson & Maria nee BARKER, Boston, Lincoln, brother of James (3408 who was also transported to WA but "died" in police custody on the road to Albany) Permission to Marry 30.6.1852 Married Ellen MEADE 15/25 Aug 1851 Fremantle Comments Reconv <p></p> <p>Ellen can to WA on the Hashemy from England with her sister Julia and pensioner-guard brother-in-law William White. Henry's ticket of leave expired in 1863 and he was granted 4 acres of land in Bunbury. Henry built himself a home and set upas a building contractor - this house still stands today in King St. Henry and Ellen lived on the property until their deaths, they were said to be well respected members of the community. One of their grandchildren wrote that "grandfather was a stern old man who would stand no nonsense, but was always affectionate". After Ellen's death Henry expressed a desire to become a Catholic because "I want to be burried with Ellen".

Birth: Sep 17 1832 - Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Death: Nov 24 1901 - Bunbury, Western Australia
Parents: James Mead, Mary Mead (born Langley)
Siblings: Eleanor Mead, Charles Mead, George Mead, Thomas Mead, Henry Mead, Julia White (born Meade)
Husband: Thomas Henry Trott
Children: Sarah M Trott, William Hotson Trott, Ellen Maria Johnson (born Trott), Ellen Maria Johnson (born Trott), Mary Ann Trott, James Michael/michael James Trott, Elizabeth Mary Brittain (born Trott), Henry Thomas Trott, Harriet Agnes Hough (born Trott), Caroline (Carrie) Ramsay (born Trott), George Stephen Trott, Ellen F. Trott, Maria Jane Trott, Edward Trott