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Transportation
Jeremiah Barry was transported on the Eliza, departing 10th May 1832 and arriving 6th Sep 1832 with 196 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.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Details from Ancestry.Com NSW BMD. |
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Convict Notes
Tuesday, Laurence Barry, James Barry, Patrick Barry and John Sheedy were placed at the bar for wilful murder of Thomas Burke, near Thurles, on the 5th of March last. The Barrys were found guilty of manslaughter—Sheedy was discharged. Limerick Chronicle, 24 March 1832. Patrick seemed to have been known as Darby and Jeremiah in NSW and on NSW records.
NSW Marriages. Ref: 2440/1844. Darby Barry and Honora Hannan, LF district. (Roman Catholic, Yass) Births 1845. Thomas Barry, Ref 1973/1845.parents Darby and Honora, LF district. Roman Catholic, Yass) 1847. Catherine. Ref 3639/1847. parents Darby and Honora, LF district. (Roman Catholic, Yass) 1849. Margaret. Ref 1761/1849. parents Darby and Honora, LF district. (Roman Catholic, Yass) 1852. Mary Ref 1618/1852. Parents Jeremiah and Honora, Yass. 1854. Honora. Ref 952/1854. Parents Jeremiah and Honora, Yass. 1859. Ellen. Ref 5353/1859. Parents Jeremiah and Honora, Yass.
RETURN OF ALL MALE CONVICTS, ASSIGNED AND TRANSFERRED BETWEEN THE 1st AND 30th DAYS OF SEPTEMBER. 1832, INCLUSIVELY. Barry Darby, Eliza (6), labourer, to Henry O’Brien, Yass Plains NSW Govt Gazette, 5 Dec 1832.
Darby had 2 brothers, Laurence and James, who were also convicted for the same crime and transported with him. They all lived in the Yass area.In 1844,Darby married Honora Hannon, then 21, and they had 10 children.