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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Barnes was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 2nd May 1842 and arriving 24th Sep 1842 with 205 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Libraries Tasmania. England & Wales Criminal Registers (HO27/64, page 354). State Archives NSW, Pardons (HO10/61). Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 99 (51) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
Claims
"Mary is my 3 x great grandmother. She married John Hall in 1844, only child Martha Hall married convict John Flakemore (per St Vincent in 1853). Death of Mary is not confirmed. She likely died before 1864 when her 2nd husband Joseph Minerds remarried."
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Convict Notes
Mary Barnes (police no. 570) and Mary Bunn (police no. 569) both from Norfolk and arrived on the same ship - have been confused at various times. Mary Barnes married John Hall not Mary Bunn.
Conduct Record: Transported for Stealing Money Conditional Pardon approved 11 December 1849 https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-2$init=CON40-1-2P113 Description List: aged 28 years Cook & Laundress https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON19-1-3$init=CON19-1-3P177
Contemporary newspaper articles report her conviction and transportation as Bunn for on this occasion stealing 2 sheets from Mr John Pays who appears to be a surgeon in Kings Lynn
Pardon (1849-1851) Criminal Register: aged 25, Tried 29 October 1841 for Larceny before convicted of Felony
Married as Mary Barnes to John Hall in 1844. Sometimes confused with Mary Bunn.