Date of Conviction: 18/04/1825

Age at Conviction: 43

Crime Convicted of: Theft

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions (held at the New Bailey, Salford)

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Midas

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 22/07/1825

Arrival Date: 17/12/1825

Biography: Ellen had stolen a shawl from a Richard Parker at Manchester (having before stolen stockings and other items). In Lancaster Castle a description of her had been taken it said she had been born at Manchester and was married to James Siddall and had had four children and was a calico weaver. She had a fresh complexion, dark brown eyes, dark brown hair and the third finger on her left hand was crooked. She had been imprisoned four times in the New Bailey already.

Ellen was assigned to be a laundry maid on arrival and often at this time her surname was incorrectly recorded as ‘Liddell’ or variations of. She was in the female factory at Parramatta in 1828 but received a ticket of leave the following year and was recorded as living at South Creek where (as Nelly Sidell) that same year she received 15 shillings reward from the Ladies Committee of the Female Factory for dutiful service to Mrs Marsden (daughter in law to Samuel Marsden) at Mamre Plains at South Creek. Ellen received her certificate of freedom in 1832 and her description stated she was 5ft 1, hazel eyes, fair and freckled and had dark brown hair- the broken finger joint was mentioned as before (though on her right hand!). Ellen was arrested or jailed in January 1839 at Parramatta and at this time her description was updated to say she was 5ft, slender, hazel eyed and now had grey hair. She was sent to Hyde Park Barracks.

An Ellen died (recorded as Eleanor Siddle, aged 60) in 1846 at Cobbitty, near Camden which may be our Ellen.