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Transportation
John Ahern was transported on the Eliza, departing 19th Jul 1827 and arriving 8th Nov 1827 with 194 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
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Convict Notes
John Ahern was indicted for stealing a pair blankets and other articles, the property of Thomas Fisher, Cove, the 7th February. The articles in question were stolen from the prosecutor’s dwelling house at Cove, part of which was afterwards offered for sale by the prisoner, on board the Cove steam-boat. Guilty —No sentence. Cork Constitution, 5 April 1827.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. John Ahern, age 18, per Eliza II (1) 1827, Tried at Cork, 1827, crime, Robbery house, sentence 7 years, Native of Cork City, trade – Boatboy, Catholic, Single. DOB 1809. ------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 3d June, 1834 CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM. THE undermentioned persons have obtained Certificates of Freedom since last publication :— Eliza 3, John Ahern Sydney Herald, 16 June 1834.