Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Buckley was transported on the Elizabeth, departing 27th Aug 1827 and arriving 12th Jan 1828 with 195 passengers.
1828 - Elizabeth arrived from Ireland with Female Irish Convicts. Total No Embarked; 194. Drowned on voyage; 1 Died on Board; 1. Total mustered 192 on arrival at Sydney Cove 12 January 1828. 16 Children on Board Walter Cock - Commander Joseph H Hughes - Surgeon Superintendent.
Elizabeth (generic)References
| Primary Source | 1. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 2. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 3. 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) |
Claims
"Mary Buckley is my direct ancestor 6 generations"
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Convict Notes
On 10 Sep 1828 Thomas Dimond and Mary Buckley applied for publication of banns at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Hyde Park, Sydney. Mary was then in service with William Lackey Carney of Sydney, who gave his permission for the marriage.[4] Official permission to marry was granted on 15 Sep 1828.[5] Thomas Deemand and Mary Buckley, both of Sydney, married on 22 Sep 1828.[6]
She was tried at Limerick on 13 Mar 1827 and found guilty of stealing a cloak from Margaret McAulif of Kanturk which is in the north west of county Cork. The sentence was 7 years transportation.[1][2] She left Cork on 27 Aug 1827 on the ship Elizabeth, arriving in Sydney on 12 Jan 1828. She is described in the convict indent as: Mary Buckley, age 19, no education, Catholic, native place Limerick, housemaid and washer, height 5' 1½", fresh and ruddy complexion, dark brown hair and hazel grey eyes[3]