Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Burke was transported on the St Vincent, departing 13th Dec 1849 and arriving 4th Apr 1850 with 207 passengers.
St Vincent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 122 |
| 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 |
Claims
"Mary is my Great Great Grandmother, married to William Buchanan - see separate entry."
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Convict Notes
CON15-1-6 Image 56 Aged; 37 years old, Dairy woman FRIENDS OF THE ORPAHN SCHOOLS ST JOHN'S PARK PRECINCT NEW TOWN, TASMANIA Orphan Number: 666 Orphan: William BURKE Mother: BURKE, Mary Father: BURKE, Michael Mother's ship: St Vincent Father's ship: Age when admitted: 10yrs Date admitted: 15 Apr 1850 Date discharged: 25 Feb 1852 Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School Discharged to: mother, Ticket of Leave Remarks: References: SWD28
Mary Burke married William Buchanan (separate entry) at St Georges, Hobart on 19/7/1852. Mary Burke, born Mary Mitchell in Tipperary, Ireland, was a dairymaid who could not read or write. She was described as 5'1 1/2", pale complexion, medium head, flat visage, large forehead, black eyebrows, blue eyes, broad chin, large mouth, dark brown hair. She was sentenced to 7 years' transportation at Lancaster for having base coin in her possession and offering counterfeit coin, and arrived in Hobart Town on the St Vincent on 4/3/50. She was accompanied by her 10-year old son William. Mary's first husband, said to be William Burke, had been transported on the Kinnear in 1842. Mary married William Buchanan on 19/7/1852, and George was born on 10/6/1853, and Sarah at the beginning of Jan. 1856. Mary got her conditional pardon on 23/11/1853. We do not know her age. When sentenced in 1848 she was 37, when married in 1852 she was 30. When she died in 1874 she was said to be 56, so she was probably born between 1811 and 1822, and it is unknown when she moved to England. There were many Irish people in England at this time. In the 1841 Census there were 106,000 Irish in England, of which 34,000 were in Manchester and 50,000 in Liverpool. 1846 was the peak of the Potato Famine in Ireland, when many starved to death, and one of the few solutions would have been to leave Ireland to try to get work in England. She died at Goulburn St in 1874, a shoemaker's widow, of heart and pulmonary disease
Born Mary Mitchell, Tipperary, Ireland either 1811 or 1822. Married William Buchanan (separate entry) 19/7/1852. Three children William, b 1840, George b 10/6/1853, Sarah b Jan 1856.