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Michael Burke was transported on the Mariner, departing 30th Apr 1816 and arriving 11th Oct 1816 with 147 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 254 |
| 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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NSW Convict Index. Michael Burke, per Mariner, 1816. Ticket of Exemption from Govt Labour. No 29/113. To reside with his wife Catherine, formerly Clarke, per Alexander, free by servitude. Ticket of Exemption from Govt Labour. No 31/32. To reside with his wife Catherine, formerly Clarke, per Alexander, free by servitude. Ticket of Exemption from Govt Labour. No 32/31. To reside with his wife Catherine, formerly Clarke, per Alexander, free by servitude. Torn up on his receiving a ticket of leave (No 33/556) Michael Burke, per Mariner, 1816. Ticket of Leave, No 33/556. District, Illawarra; Born Lim; Trade, soldier/Lab; Tried Kent S of P. Michael Burke, per Mariner 1816, Recommended Conditional Pardon. 1 May 1843. Recommended by B. O’Brien, MD; P Plunkett, JP; J Osborne, JP; G Gerard JP. Conditional Pardon, No 44/131. 1 May 1843.
1824. The Memorial of Catherine Clarke most Respectfully sheweth That your Excellency’s Memorialist is free by Servitude, that she is married and has an infant family of three children to support from the produce of a rented farm which she occupies in the district of Evan, that after Memorialist and her husbands most laborious exertions in the pursuits of honest industry, she finds it barely adequate to a mere subsistence, that Memorialist’s husband being a prisoner, is consequently disqualified from holding or applying for land from Government and as Memorialist is very desirous of making some future provision for her family, by obtaining a Farm from Govt. Through yr. Excellency’ goodness, she most humbly presents herself as a suppliant praying for that indulgence. Memorialist therefore most respectfully solicits Your Excellency to be graciously pleased to give Memorialist a Grant of Land and Memorialist as in duty bound will ever pray, Signed, Catherine Clarke. Signed, Henry Fulton, Clergyman. And one other signature ? Rec. Magistrate.
Colonial Secretary Index. BURKE, Michael. Per "Mariner", 1816 1816 Oct 18 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Mariner" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.204) 1819 Dec 1 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3193; 4/1857 pp.48-48a) 1820 Jun 5 Re permission to marry Catherine Clarke at Parramatta (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.59) 1823 Dec 3 Burke and his wife Catherine Clarke discharged from the Establishment, Emu Plains; to Bathurst (Reel 6028; 2/8283 pp.177, 178) 1824 Apr 10 On list of prisoners on establishment at Bathurst with sentences not transmitted (Reel 6028; 2/8283 p.101) CLARKE, Catherine. Per "Alexander", 1816 1819 Dec 1 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3193; 4/1857 p.64) 1820 Jun 5 Re permission to marry Michael Burke at Parramatta (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.59) 1823 Dec 3 Clarke and her husband Michael Burke discharged from the Establishment, Emu Plains; to Bathurst (Reel 6028; 2/8283 pp.177, 178) 1824 Of Evan. Memorial (Fiche 3082; 4/1836B No.186 p.843)
Permission to Marry. Michael Burke, prisoner per ship Mariner, and Catherine Clarke, prisoner per Brig Alexander. Requested at Parramatta, 5 June 1820, by Rev. Middleton. Approved.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Michael Burke, alias Bourke, age on arrival, 26, per Mariner (1) 1816. Tried, 1815 at Kent QS. Canterbury, England, Life. DOB, 1790, Native place, Limerick Co. Single. Soldier labourer. --------------------------------------------------------------- Canterbury.—At an Adjourned Session of the Peace, held on held on Monday, Nicholas Notan and Michael Burk, soldiers in the 86th regiment, were found guilty of robbing a poor French fisherman of 9£. in silver, being the price of a cargo of walnuts which he had sold in Canterbury in January last. The prisoner Nolan had volunteered his services as interpreter to the poor Frenchman, which made his crime more heinous. He and five other soldiers perpetrated the robbery a short distance from Canterbury, by surrounding the prosecutor and drawing their bayonets. The prisoners were sentenced to be executed on the 25th of September next. Windsor and Eton Express, 27 Aug 1815. CANTERBURY, Nov. 17. On Tuesday the Sheriff of this city received the warrant from the Secretary of State for the execution of Nicholas Nolan, under sentence of death in Westgate gaol, for a highway robbery; the execution is to take place on Friday, the first day of December next. Michael Burke, who was convicted of the same offence, and who also received sentence of death, has been reprieved, and is to be transported for life.—The prisoners, who are of the Roman Catholic persuasion, have been attended with zealous humanity, by the Rev. Mr, Croshie, who has administered for some tune past the consolations religion to the unhappy criminals. Kentish Weekly Post, 17 Nov 1815.
HO-9-7-1 p 20/47.Hulk Report Record for Hulk Retribution at Sheerness. Received 20 Jan 1816. Michl. Burke, age 30, Cap. respite, tried at Canterbury City, 22 Aug 1815, sentence, NSW Life, Transpd. 12 May 1816.