Eliza Howis

Abt 1830 - 1901  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Eliza Howis  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	Abt 1827	Cowfold, Sussex   [1]
  Birth	Abt 1829	Sussex   [7]
  Born	Abt Jan 1830	Cowfold, Sussex
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	1 Feb 1830	St Peter, Cowfold, Sussex   [8]
  Residence	6 Jun 1841	Union Workhouse, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex   [7]
  Court case	12 Mar 1851	Lewes, Sussex   [2]
  	At the Sussex Assizes, Eliza was sentenced to 14 years transportation for receiving stolen goods arising from the "Portslade Burglary". The newspaper reports her name as Eliza Howis alias Brooks. Most convict registers have the date as 10 Mar 1851
  Occupation	30 Mar 1851  [1]
  	Servant
  	prisoner
  Residence	30 Mar 1851	Lewes Prison, Lewes, Sussex   [1]
  Emigration	4 Oct 1851	England   [4]
  	Into Place: Tasmania, Australia
  Immigration	26 Jan 1852	Tasmania, Australia   [3, 4]
  	Transportation aboard the Anna Maria From Place: England
  Name	Eliza Brooks  [9]
  Name	Eliza Horris  [6]
  Name	Eliza Howiss  [7]
  Name	Eliza Howse  [8]
  Died	1901	Tasmania, Australia   [3]
  Person ID	I214274	ONS
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	William Henry Howes,   d. Aft 1838
  Mother	Sylvester Brooks,   b. Abt 1796,   d. 15 Apr 1838, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	Islip, Oxfordshire   [10]
  	Eliza's baptism record shows her parents marrying in Islip, Oxfordshire (obviously before 1830) We have checked the Islip parish register for 1813-1830 without success
  Family ID	F68034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frederick Butler,   d. Not known
  Married	28 Feb 1853	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia   [5]
  Children	1. Joseph Benjamin Butler,   b. 25 Aug 1860, Westbury, Tasmania, Australia   2. Clarissa Martha Butler,   b. Oct 1864, Westbury, Tasmania, Australia   3. William Butler,   d. 1903, Richmond, Victoria, Australia
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F68035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1829 - Sussex Court case - 12 Mar 1851 - Lewes, Sussex Emigration - 4 Oct 1851 - England Immigration - 26 Jan 1852 - Tasmania, Australia Married - 28 Feb 1853 - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Died - 1901 - Tasmania, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] 1851 Census - England & Wales. [S4266] West Kent Guardian, 1851 Mar 22. [S2007] Tasmania Archives, search.archives.tas.gov.au. [S2676] Australian Convict Transportation Registers, ancestry.com. [S961] Australia Marriage Index. [S511] Birth record - son. [S1] 1841 Census - England & Wales. [S62] Parish Register - baptisms. [S458] Death report - son. [S95] Baptism record - daughter.