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Transportation
Catherine Bullinger was transported on the William Bryan, departing 13th Jun 1833 and arriving 23rd Oct 1833 with 131 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 143 (73) |
| 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
Last week the following Convicts were removed from the Gaol at llchester : … Sarah Laphain, Sarah Hanger, Mary Ann Mullins, Catharine Bullinger, Ellen Gordon, Charlotte Herley, Amelia Hayball, Joan Hancock, and Ann Bradford, to the ship, William Bryan, lying off Woolwich, bound for New South Wales ; ... Bath Chronicle, 13 June 1833.
Richard Bowtel, aged 43, was indicted for stealing three cloaks, two counterpanes, &c., the property of Myra Newton; and Catharine Bullinger, aged 47, for receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen. It appeared from the evidence that Myra Newton was a widow carying on the business of a draper at Wiveliscombe, and being in want of a shopman she answered an advertisement of Bowtel's, which appeared in the Evangelical Magazine, in October 1831. Bowtel, in reply, stated that he had lived for two years with a Mr. Williams, in Uxbridge, to whom he sent her letters, with a view that he might recommend him. In a few days afterwards Mrs. Newton received a letter signed Jervis Williams, giving the highest character of Bowtel, in consequence of which she engaged him. He was not long in her service until he gained her highest confidence; he acted as foreman, and her business increased through his management to a degree far beyond her expectations : he paid his addresses to her, and they were not rejected. After having been 12 months in her service he, to her great discomfiture, gave notice to quit ; but, before he left, she had strong reason to suspect that he had made away with some of her property. On investigation it was discovered that, shortly after he came into her service, the female prisoner took a house within three miles of the place, and had resided there with a little girl, her daughter, during all this time, without furnishing it. Bowtel was known to visit her there pretty often. She and her daughter often came to Mrs. Newton's shop, as if to buy some articles, and Bowtel would not permit any other person to serve them but himself. On searching her house a great quantity of articles which had been for sale in Mrs. Newton's shop, was found there. It further appeared that the recommendatory letter, signed Jervis Williams, was in the hand-writing of the female prisoner; that there was no such person as Williams, a draper, at Uxbridge, and that the two prisoners were seen together at Sherweed some time before his engagement with Mrs. Newton. These facts having been proved In evidence the Jury found both prisoners Guilty. Mr. Justice PARK sentenced Bowtel to be transported for seven, and the female prisoner for 14 years. English Chronicle, 9 April 1833.
Catherine was born between 1799(Founders and Survivors) and 1802(on her death certificate). Catherine had 2 children, 1 child, Ann about 12 years old was on board with her. Her husband was tried with her and sentenced to 7 years transportation. Can’t find him on the convicts lists, perhaps he served his time on the hulks. She stated ‘I left him in the Penitentiary’. 1833: Assigned to Mr John Parkinson 1835 muster: Married to James Hillux/hully/halley. Catherine and James Hulley had no children. Her daughter was Ann (P)Bullinger. She married into the infamous Tait family and had 7 children. Catherine Hully was a witness to her daughter Ann's marriage to James Tait on 21/09/1836. 10/5/1838: TOL 5/11/1840: CP 22/12/1842: Free Pardon James Hulley (Prince of Orange 1822) was a hat maker/ labourer/shoe maker. 6/7/1835: James was charged with assaulting his Wife Catherine Hulley to appear at the Quarter Sessions. and to Keep the Peace / H. W. In 1847 he married Catherine Rowe/Cundy. She arrived in VDL with her family and was now a widow with 4 children. 17/5/1847: - daughter Emiline Grace christened at St James church Melbourne.1852 - son Samuel Albert born at Melbourne. Perhaps she went searching for her husband in Melbourne in 1841, only to find him in another relationship with Catherine Rowe/Cundy.
Born Catherine Townsend Timbrell in Bermondsey, England in 1795. Married John Pullinger in London in 1817. Second marriage to James Hulley 18th April 1835 in Launceston, Tasmania. Death 15th June 1858 in Benevolent Asylum in Melbourne, Victoria. Governess at time of her death. Surname of Bullinger was possibly a transcription error.