Maria Austin

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Summary

Born
Jan 1807
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
Nov 1833
Arrival
Sep 1834
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Maria Austin
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1807
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Dublin City
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 30th Nov 1833
Ship: Andromeda
Arrival: 17th Sep 1834
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Maria Austin was transported on the Andromeda, departing 30th Nov 1833 and arriving 17th Sep 1834 with 176 passengers.

Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.

AndromedaAndromeda (generic)

References

Primary SourceCertificate of Freedom - NSW State Records, 4/4376; Reel 1012. Certificate of Freedom on Trove, NSW Government Gazette, Friday, 26 May 1843, Issue No.44, Page 712. Archive Office of NSW, Reel 2722 1836- 1838

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Convict Notes

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Marriage maria Austin to Thomas Bye - NSW BDM 1410/1834 V18341410 18

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Height: 5ft 1in, Complexion: ruddy, Hair: dark sandy to grey, Eyes: bluish, 3 blue dots back of left hand, bell of left ear split.

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on 20th January 2017

Born 1807 Tipperary, Ireland Tried 2 March 1833, Crime Stealing a Rug Widowed with a child. Sent to Newcastle 17 September 1834 Application to marry Thomas Bye (Boy) 9 December 1834 at Newcastle, NSW with consent of the Governor they married 18 December 1834 at Christ Church, Newcastle, NSW. Certificate of Freedom 42/1479 dated 25 August 1842 Admitted to Newcastle Gaol 20 March 1835. Returned to husband 5 April. Charged with drunkeness and disorderly conduct. Sentenced to 14 days in solitary.