Well, well, well - look what I've found!
Criminal Registers England,
Yorkshire, East Riding, Quarter Sessions held at Beverley, 14 October, 1851
Ellen BEECROFT, larceny, sentence 2 weeks
Yorkshire, West Riding, Epiphany sessions, held at Northallerton 6 January, 1852
Ellen BEECROFT, receiving stolen goods, prior conviction for larceny, sentence 7 years transportation
Australian Convict Transportation Registers
Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868, Convicts transported 1851-1852 (HO 11/17)
Ellen BEECROFT, trial date 6 Jan 1852, Northallerton Yorks, sentence seven years transportation.
Ship: Duchess of Northumberland
Voyage Date: 25 Nov 1852
Colony: Van Dieman's Land
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave,
Tasmania, Pardons, 1856-1859
Ellen BEACROFT (same ship, trial date, sentence as above) Period since conviction, 3 years; not sure but the next bit says 7 months (I think it is the time that a ticket of leave was held before the pardon was granted). Unfortunately this is not dated but looks as though it could 1859.
This Ellen leaves a lot of questions, though... Annie was born in abt 1843 (she was old enough to marry but under 21 in 1862) so this would assume that Ellen had used her maiden name and leaves us with the question of how Annie came to Australia. Ellen was gallivanting about Yorkshire committing larceny while Annie was a small child.
However the dates for this Ellen make her a possible for Annie's mother.
Cheers, Judith
