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Ann Thompson was my Great, Great, Great Grandmother. She was born in Queens County Ireland in 1833 to John and Ann Thompson. Nothing is known about her childhood.
She was sentenced in the Queens County Court on January 7th 1851 to 15 years servitude for the burning of an oat crop. This was the culmination of her criminal career. She had been sentenced to prison terms some 9 times previously for other offences such as stealing clothes ( 6 mths) , A mantle( 3 mths),Stealing potatoes( 1 month), Assault( 1 week) plus others not documented.She was also known as Mary Ann Thompson and Mary Ann Brown.
Her description document states that her :
Occupation was Housemaid.
Age : 24
Height: 5 feet & 1/4 inch
Complexion: Fresh
Head: Large with an oval face and high forehead
Hair: Black
Ann was transported on board the John William Dare which left Dublin bound for Tasmania ion December 28th 1851 and arrived in Hobart on May 22nd 1852. She was hospitalised upon arrival which was as a result of her extreme ill health on the voyage out. Once released from Hospital she was assigned to the brickfields Hiring Depot and was hired out to various houses to work as a Housemaid.
In November of 1852 Brickfields closed and she was moved to the Cascade Female Factory and continued her employment.
On the 16.6.1853 application was made to marry a William Alfred Jobson ( also a convict) who was employed as a Sawyer at Port Esperance. The application was recommended on 22.6.1853. They married at the Hobart Cathedral on July 18th 1853. She remained at the Female Factory and hired out as domestic help until at least October 1854. On May 31st 1854 while she was still at Cascades she was punished by Warder Miss Wigmore with her credit being stopped for one month for "Not being alert on her post when on duty". This was the only blemish on her record.
On the 30. 10. 1854 a Conditional Pardon was granted
31. 10. 1854 Ticket of Leave granted
7. 7. 1855 Conditional Pardon recommended
10. 7. 1855 Conditional Pardon recommended
13. 6. 1856 Conditional Pardon Granted
17. 6. 1856 Conditional Pardon Approved
Ann and William welcomed a daughter Susan ( my Great, Great Grand mother) on December 18th 1855. The family moved to Port Cygnet where two more children were added to the brood. Charles who was born on 23 January 1858 and Ann Jane who was born on February 5th 1860. On April 17th, the family then left Tasmania and moved to the new England area of NSW where William secured employment as a Shepherd on a place called "Congi Station". He remained there for some 30 years before selecting his own land and becoming a grazier.
Ann and William went on to have some 6 children during the 14 years of their marriage. Sadly she succumbed to complications from an ulcerated leg on July 29th 1867 aged 34. She was buried on July 31st 1867 in a family cemetery at Surveyors Creek not far from the family home they shared which today still stands, although in poor condition. The cemetery has now reverted to natural pasture with no indication of where the graves are. At the time of her death she had 4 living children and 2 deceased.
William re-married in 1868 and fathered a further 9 children before he himself passed away at the age of 75 on March 25th 1905.
Submitted by Researcher (Robert Bob Vial) on 7 September 2016
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