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Richard Barry was transported on the Mermaid, departing 30th Dec 1850 and arriving 13th May 1851 with 210 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Find A Grave website. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 386 |
| 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 |
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Find A Grave Memorial ID No. 197650234 Karrakatta Cemetery, Wesleyan CA Section 0166 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197650234/richard-luke-barry
Richard Luke Barry was a Convict Reg No. 314, he was sentenced on the 7th August 1849 to 15 years and transported to Western Australia in 1851 (he was 23 years of age at the time) on the ship: the Mermaid, Sentenced for Burglary in Gloucestershire Courts. The Mermaid was a 473 ton barque built in 1817 in Calcutta, It was employed as a convict transport and left Portsmouth, England on January 9, 1851 bound for the Swan River Colony. The voyage took 123 days and the Mermaid arrived in Fremantle on May 13, 1851 with 91 passengers and 208 convicts. JP Anderson was the Captain of the ship and Alex Kilroy was the Ship Surgeon. Physical descriptions of Convicts were listed to assist with identification if they tried to escape, Richard Luke Barry was 5'5" tall, dark brown hair, grey eyes, long face, fresh complexion. He had a cut on the nose, face pitted, cut on side of the left knee and a cut on his left arm. He is listed in the Convict Records at Fremantle Prison: https://fremantleprison.com.au/history-heritage/history/convict-database/ ;https://fremantleprison.com.au/history-heritage/history/convict-database/; Occupation is listed as a Last maker which traditionally is working with wood to make shoes, he received his ticket of leave on 24 January 1853 and a conditional Pardon on 6th October 1856. He married Bridget Ellen Brannan (Brennan) on 10th October 1853 in Perth, Western Australia , she was Irish and came out on the Sabrina, which may have been a Bride Ship where women were sent to be brides for the convicts, ex-convicts and other early settlers. She was a seamstress (listed as a Needlewoman). Source: Friends of Batty Library http://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/files/B.pdf" http://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/files/B.pdf BARRY, Richard Luke , b . 1828 (expiree). son of Richard, arr. 17.5.1851 per Mermaid , m. 10.10.1853 (Perth Re) Brigid Ellen BRENNAN b. 1835 (Ireland), dtr. of Thomas, she arrived. 13 .6.1853 per Sabrina. Chd. (Some Perth RC) Sarah Mary bp. 1854, Richard b. 1858. Mary b. 1859. Richard b. 1861, James b . 1864 , Sarah b . 1867, Thomas b. 1868, John Henry b. 1875. Perth. Carpenter. employed 10 T/L men 1863-1874 most of them carpenters. Possibly also under contract at Wonnerup where R. Barry employed 2 T/L men. one a carpenter during 1867. He built a house in Angina St, Mount Hawthorn with his son and that is still there today. He went blind at age 57 years (1885). Death notice in the Newspaper said that he was an old colonial and had been in Australia for 54 years. Source: Convicts to Australia Website: http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa2.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa2.html