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Anthony Berry 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.
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| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 |
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Folios 57-59: case no 14, Anthony Berry, aged 24, prisoner; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, ascites, he was of a low size, thin delicate and unhealthy appearance, complaining of pain in his bowel with constant inclination to stool, on examining found the abdomen distended with an adematous enlargement of the lower extremities, pitting on pressure, respiration difficult, hard dry cough, on examining his back with his leg drawn up there is an evident sense of fluctuation in the abdomen, on 22nd [June] no improvement retrogrades refuses wine and everything but tea, at 10 pm. could not be got to take medicine, passed several involuntary stools; put on sick list 29 May 1832, died 24 June 1832, [autopsy report on folio 59].
ADM 101/23/71832 Medical journal of theĀ Eliza, convict ship, from 19 March to 18 September 1832 by Thomas Bell, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the ship was employed in a passage from Cork to Sydney, New South Wales. Folio 8: Anthony Berry, convict; sick or hurt, dropsy; put on sick list 29 May 1832, died 24 June 1832.
John Berry and Anthony Berry were indicted for stealing four ewes, the goods of Richard Cosgrave. The prosecutor deposed to the loss of the sheep, and them being found there afterwards in the prisonersā possession; he had the initials of his name on the sheep. The brother of the prisoners proved that they were in the habit of purchasing and selling pigs and sheep ; they bought the sheep in question from man in Ennis. Mr. William Roland gave them a good character. Sir. Isidore never heard any thing bad of their characters. Knows nothing of them for the last few years. Mr. Courtney said had application to make to his lordship. Mayo Constitution, 19 Mar 1832. ... to be transported for seven years sentence.... John Berry and Anthony Berry, sheep stealing. ... same sentence, ... Sligo Journal, 30 March 1832.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Name; Anthony Berry Ship: Eliza 6 September 1832 No: 148 No additional details Noted against his name; Died at Sea ------------------------------------- UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856 Name: Anthony Berry Age: 24 . Birth Year: 1808 Treatment Year: 1832 Treatment Place: United Kingdom Ship: Eliza Nature of the Disease; Ascites (the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, causing abdominal swelling. No of the Case; 14 Where taken ill: May 29th at Sea Died; 24th ? . Autopsy completed -------------------------------------