Date of Conviction: 21/03/1818

Age at Conviction: 30

Crime Convicted of: Receiving Stolen Goods

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Assizes (held at Lancaster Castle)

Sentence Length: 14 Years

Ship Transported on: Lord Wellington

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 28/05/1819

Arrival Date: 20/01/1820

Biography: Jane received 17 pairs of gloves stolen from a shop by three boys (two of whom were also transported). Her husband Barnaby (Barney) Carr was also part of an extensive criminal gang in Liverpool and had received the same sentence at the Liverpool Borough Sessions that year. After arriving in NSW, Jane continued with crime; in 1822 she again received stolen goods and was sent to the female factory. In 1823 she stole a shirt and then ran away; she was sent to the factory for 5 years. In 1827 Jane was illegally found at large; again she was sent to the factory. Later the same year she was classed as a 3rd class convict due to drunkenness and prostitution. Finally, in 1831 she was sent to the 3rd class factory for a month.

Jane was 5ft 5, with hazel eyes, a fair complexion and light brown hair. She had been born in Dublin and was Catholic and employed as a servant. She died in 1850 and was buried with her husband at Devonshire St Cemetery where the couple had a gravestone. She was re-interred in 1901 at Bunnerong Cemetery, later Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park aka Botany Cemetery. by 1976 the gravestones had been separated from the burial plots and placed in an area called the ‘pioneers section’.