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Voyage
Transportation
Catherine Ahern was transported on the Catherine, departing 8th Dec 1813 and arriving 4th May 1814 with 98 passengers.
325 ton ship. Built in New Bedford 1811. Sailed from Falmouth, England to Cove, Ireland. Departed Dec 1813 and arrived Sydney, Australia 4 May 1814. 98 female passengers (4 children), 1 death en route. Register of passengers on this web site is currently being updated - not yet complete (researchers please note) R
Catherine (generic)References
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"My GGgrandmother"
"She was my 5x great grandmother."
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Convict Notes
Note: Catherine Sullivan/Elliot - Catherine's story, Husbands Timothy Sullivan, Emmanuel Elliot, her children and their lives was featured on Australia's "Who do you think you are?" - Kurt Fearnley, is her Direct Descendant.
Michelle Leihn on 11th February, 2019 wrote: Married Timothy Sullivan, had 4 Daughters. Norah, Mary, Margaret & Jane. After Timothy’s Death 1820 she remarried Emanuel Elliot (convict). Records show Catherine again spent time in The Female Factory Parramatta(3 months-for theft). 1828 Catherine was working as a servant to a James Greenwood, Petersham. 1841 Census, Catherine is believed to have been living with her youngest daughter Jane Evans (nee Sullivan) at Kangaloolah, near Binda, NSW. She died there on 17th February 1860 and was laid to rest in Kangaloolah Cemetery, cause of death Old Age.
Married Timothy Sullivan, had 4 Daughters. Norah, Mary, Margaret & Jane. After Timothy's Death 1820 she remarried Emanuel Elliot (convict). Records show Catherine again spent time in The Female Factory Parramatta(3 months-for theft). 1828 Catherine was working as a servant to a James Greenwood, Petersham. 1841 Census, Catherine is believed to have been living with her youngest daughter Jane Evans (nee Sullivan) at Kangaloolah, near Binda, NSW. She died there on 17th February 1860 and was laid to rest in Kangaloolah Cemetery, cause of death Old Age.
Catherine appears to have been married prior to her transportation, to one Timothy Sullivan. In the colony, she married? Emanuel Elliott (Convict, Neptune, 1818). The couple appear in the 1828 Census: [Ref E0360] Elliott, Emanuel, 38, TL, Neptune, 1818, 14 years. On Government land at Michalago, G, Plains. [Ref E0361] Elliott, Catherine, 38, FS, Catherine, 1814, 7 years, A servant to James Greenwood at Petersham.
Catherine Ahern was at Co. Kerry, Ireland in 1812. 7yr transportation sentence. Aged 28yrs. Arrived New South Wales 1814.