Honora Ahern

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Summary

Born
Jan 1786
Conviction
Stealing clothes
Departure
Jul 1818
Arrival
Nov 1818
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Honora Ahern
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1786
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Servant
Aliases: O"Hearn, Ocum, Oran, A'hern

Crime

Convicted at: Cork City
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 26th Jul 1818
Ship: Elizabeth
Arrival: 19th Nov 1818
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Honora Ahern was transported on the Elizabeth, departing 26th Jul 1818 and arriving 19th Nov 1818 with 101 passengers.

1828 - Elizabeth arrived from Ireland with Female Irish Convicts. Total No Embarked; 194. Drowned on voyage; 1 Died on Board; 1. Total mustered 192 on arrival at Sydney Cove 12 January 1828. 16 Children on Board Walter Cock - Commander Joseph H Hughes - Surgeon Superintendent.

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References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project, NSW Convict Musters SRNSW, NSW 1828 Census, Freemans Journal 1763-1924, Friday, 27 March, 1818; Page: 4

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Convict Notes

Robyn Hogan avatar
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on 20th May 2020

Robin Sharkey = could you please contact me robynhogan@hotmail.com I was excited to see your entries as Honora is somehow related to my family and I am interested in "talking" to you! Robyn

Robin Sharkey avatar
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on 2nd October 2015

Honora Ahern was aged 32 when convicted in Cork for stealing wearing apparel: Freemans Journal 1763-1924, Friday, 27 March, 1818; Page: 4 "CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE - CORK ASSIZES, March 25 Honora Ahern, for stealing wearing apparel etc Guilty. To be transported for seven years. The prisoner, upon being sentenced, imprudently cried out to the Bench: "Thank God, you can't sentence me to be hanged." She was a seamstress and servant. Aged 32. 5ft 4" tall, brown hair, hazel eyes. (from 1825 Cert of Freedom) Disembarked November 1818 and sent to Parramatta for distribution. Feb 1 1819 Permission letter to Samuel Marsden for marriage, at Parramatta, of "Norrah O'Heron" per "Elizabeth" 2; to Francis Phelim per ship "Admiral Gambier". Name Actually Fiuedard. Francis FIEUDARD (or PHELIM) thereafter listed as "FRENDAID". * Was tried at Cornwall in March 1807 for "unnatural Crime", with Ambroise Morin. Both were seamen. Both got life. * 1822 LIsted as wife of "Francis "Frendaid", who was then a constable at Sydney with a Conditional pardon (Granted 1820). * Fiendard was sentenced at Cornwall in 1807 for LIFE and arrived in NSW on "Admiral Gambier" in Dec 1808. He was French, native of Toulon, and a seaman. Was 5ft 1" tall, dark eyes and Black hair. *1825 - Honora, listed as "Norah Horne" wife to Francis "Frendaid" 1828 - Honora AHERN FbyS, aged 39, Catholic. Wife to Francis Fiendard, (age 40), who is the Householder, Kent Street.