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Voyage
Transportation
Margaret Barry was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.
394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.
Palambam (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 |
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Convict Notes
MIDDLETON SESSIONS. BEFORE MR. MARTLET, ASSISTANT-BARRISTER. Margaret Barry was sentenced to seven years’ transportation, for stealing Clothes from Doctor Willis’s Schoolhouse at Charleville. The prisoner committed the offence for which she had now been sentenced, directly after having been discharged from prison, where she had been confined six months, for like crime, whereof she was convicted at the last April Sessions at Mallow. Southern Reporter, 10 Nov 1829.
Occupation: She is listed as an "Asthmatic"; no trade/calling (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842). Convicted at: Not clear if it's Cork City or County; she was tried in November 1829 (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842).