Name: | Catherine Burn |
Aliases: | Byrne |
Gender: | f |
Date of Birth: | 1788 |
Occupation: | Housekeeper/cook |
Date of Death: | 1859 |
Age: | 71 years |
Life Span
Female median life span was 59 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Uttering forged notes |
Convicted at: | Ireland, Dublin City |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Experiment |
Departure date: | 21st January, 1809 |
Arrival date: | 25th June, 1809 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 15 other convicts |
Primary source: | http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi |
Source description: |
D Wong on 29th October, 2015 wrote:
Catherine Burn/Byrne was 17 years old when transported for “Uttering a forged One Pound Note. Catherine stated she was an orphan.
1811??: TOL – no actual date given – Catherine also received a Free Pardon, also no date given.
3/8/1818: Married Charles Pickering (Duke of Portland 1807) – they had 2 or 3 children, son Charles was born 4 years before they married – he was charged with perjury at the age of 15 and was exiled for 3 years, he died in Fiji.
Catherine was charged with “Feloniously stealing” goods of the value of 25 Shillings in the dwelling house of Anne Waterhouse at Sydney, Sentenced to 3 years at Governor’s Pleasure.
Her maiden name (Byrne)wife of Charles Pickering, Publican George Street, Sydney.
1859: Catherine died.
Charles Pickering died in 1837.
Penny-Lyn Beale on 6th December, 2020 wrote:
New South Wales Certificate of Freedom. [NRS 12208] Register of Certificate of Freedoms
No; 3/1350
Name; Catherine Burn
When and where tried; Dublin City - June 1807
Sentence; 7 years
Ship and arrival year; Experiment Brig - 1809
Native County; Dublin
Trade; House Keeper
Age; 29 [1785 ]
Height; 5 ft. 2 in
Complexion; Dark Sallow
Hair; Black
Eyes; Hazel
DATE: 6 June 1814
D Wong on 29th October, 2015 made the following changes:
convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi (prev. ), firstname: Catherine, surname: Burn, alias1: Byrne, alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1788, date of death: 1859, gender: f, occupat
Penny-Lyn Beale on 6th December, 2020 made the following changes:
occupation
This record was discovered and printed on ConvictRecords.com.au