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Voyage
Transportation
Hugh Brady was transported on the Lady Kennaway, departing 27th Oct 1834 and arriving 13th Feb 1835 with 307 passengers.
The 'Lady Kennaway' was built in Calcutta in 1817. A large ship of 584 tons. Transported convicted prisoners to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1834, via Cork, Ireland. Other voyages, to New South Wales, in 1836 and Van Diemen's Land in 1851. Image acknowledgement to Grosvenor Prints. Painted by J.W. Huggins.
Lady KennawayReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 389 (196) |
| 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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Convict Notes
On Wednesday last the following convicts were removed from Springfield Gaol to the York hulk, lying off Gosport, prior to undergoing their respective sentences :—To be Transported for Life— … Thos. Kain and Hugh Brady, for a burglary in the house of Harriet Uffindale, Barking; ... Chelmsford Chronicle, 9 May 1834.
NATIVE PLACE: Barking, Essex. He was single. CRIME: Tried for housebreaking. He had a minor previous conviction for stealing wood for which he received one week's jail (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-5$init=CON31-1-5p171). IN VDL: Very little detail of misdemeanours appears on his Conduct Record, but suspicions of them was enough to slow his journey to freedom, as below: 1845, 24 March: Granted a Ticket of Leave. 1845, 27 May: Recommended for a Conditional Pardon. 1845, 26 April: Suspected of stealing a sheep skin - discharged, but his ToL was suspended. 1845, 19 May: Suspected of a felony - discharged (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-5$init=CON31-1-5p171). 1848, 15 June: Conditional Pardon approved (see Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Register; Comprehensive register of convicts (CORE SERIES) A - L, 1841-1845).