Joseph Ellis
Joseph Ellis was born during 1795, in Lincolnshire, England.
Joseph became a Shepherd, was married, and later indentured the Hardey brothers.
In 1829, he was listed as being married to Ann Ellis (having been born 1795, in Lincolnshire) and they had a son, John Ellis who had been born during 1820. Joseph was indentured to the Hardeys as a Shepherd.
Joseph, Ann and their nine-year-old son, departed from Hull, on the Tranby on 9th September 1829, bound for the new Swan River Colony. At 34 years, Joseph was one of the older persons on board the Methodist ship.
The small ship sailed, via Cape Town arriving, picking up stock and supplies and departing there during late December 1829.
Joseph became a Shepherd, was married, and later indentured the Hardey brothers.
In 1829, he was listed as being married to Ann Ellis (having been born 1795, in Lincolnshire) and they had a son, John Ellis who had been born during 1820. Joseph was indentured to the Hardeys as a Shepherd.
Joseph, Ann and their nine-year-old son, departed from Hull, on the Tranby on 9th September 1829, bound for the new Swan River Colony. At 34 years, Joseph was one of the older persons on board the Methodist ship.
The small ship sailed, via Cape Town arriving, picking up stock and supplies and departing there during late December 1829.
After Arrival at Fremantle
Joseph and his family came ashore at Fremantle with the rest of the Tranby folk after the ship's arrival on the 3rd February 1830. As a Shepard, he would have had his hands full looking after the many sheep belonging to the Hardeys as they were gathered for many weeks, on the land behind the sandy beach, at Fremantle.
The wide range of Livestock, the Goods and Chattels, stores and provisions from England, and the Cape, were then brought ashore onto the beach. It was two weeks before all of the goods on Tranby had been transferred to the shore.
The young family would have then moved up the Swan River to the Peninsula Farm with the Hardeys, to begin work on the farm. Joseph or his wife were not entitled to a land grant in their own right.
John Wall Hardey wrote to England in August and explained the construction of the first house: "One of the men and I then set to, and built a house, such as it is, being composed of wood, mud, and rushes, about seven yards square. We have two doors and two windows in it, but not one pane of glass in either of them! At one end of our domicile is a store-house, and at the other end lives Joseph Ellis and his wife; whilst, on the back of the house, live our men George Green and Hewson. The Australian edifice stands in the midst of an enclosure or garden, 156 links square [6 square metres], on the banks of the Swan, about 30 yards [27 metres] from the water, set sufficiently above its level, to secure us from floods. Opposite the house, the river expands into a fine sheet of water, about a quarter of a mile broad, on which is occasionally seen the imposing spectacle of 30 or 40 black swans at one time."
In the first Western Australian census of 1832, Joseph Ellis, aged 35, is shown as being married, and working for the Hardeys as a Thatcher.
Ann (Hannah?) Ellis was aged 40 years, with John Ellis, their son, then aged 13 years.
The wide range of Livestock, the Goods and Chattels, stores and provisions from England, and the Cape, were then brought ashore onto the beach. It was two weeks before all of the goods on Tranby had been transferred to the shore.
The young family would have then moved up the Swan River to the Peninsula Farm with the Hardeys, to begin work on the farm. Joseph or his wife were not entitled to a land grant in their own right.
John Wall Hardey wrote to England in August and explained the construction of the first house: "One of the men and I then set to, and built a house, such as it is, being composed of wood, mud, and rushes, about seven yards square. We have two doors and two windows in it, but not one pane of glass in either of them! At one end of our domicile is a store-house, and at the other end lives Joseph Ellis and his wife; whilst, on the back of the house, live our men George Green and Hewson. The Australian edifice stands in the midst of an enclosure or garden, 156 links square [6 square metres], on the banks of the Swan, about 30 yards [27 metres] from the water, set sufficiently above its level, to secure us from floods. Opposite the house, the river expands into a fine sheet of water, about a quarter of a mile broad, on which is occasionally seen the imposing spectacle of 30 or 40 black swans at one time."
In the first Western Australian census of 1832, Joseph Ellis, aged 35, is shown as being married, and working for the Hardeys as a Thatcher.
Ann (Hannah?) Ellis was aged 40 years, with John Ellis, their son, then aged 13 years.
In June 1833, Joseph Ellis was granted Perth Town Allotment 'N4'.
This allotment was next to fellow Tranby passengers allotments; George Green; Lot 'N3', his brother, John Green, Lot 'N2' , and the granting of 'N1' to James Ougden. |
Joseph Ellis was drowned, following an accident, on the Canning River, on Thursday, the 8th of August 1833. This was only two years after his arrival.
It is unsure what happened to wife Ann (e) Ellis, and his son John Ellis, following this tragic accident. Their son, John Ellis is believed to have been a mail contractor, and died in 1847, aged 28 years. |
Alternate.
On the January 1839 Joseph advertised that a Red and White Milch cow had strayed from South Perth. A reward was offered.
Joseph Ellis and his wife donated ten pounds to the building of the Perth Wesleyan Subscription Chapel on the 6th of January 1841.
On the January 1839 Joseph advertised that a Red and White Milch cow had strayed from South Perth. A reward was offered.
Joseph Ellis and his wife donated ten pounds to the building of the Perth Wesleyan Subscription Chapel on the 6th of January 1841.
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