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Transportation
Catherine Burns was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.
394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.
Palambam (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 |
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Convict Notes
County of Antrim Assizes. Wm Marshall and Catharine Burns, for stealing variety of articles, the property of Robert McAnally arid Wm. McKenna. Wm McKenna-Witness is servant to Mr. Isaac Hardy.; in September last, he was left in charge of his master's house, at Rinting's Point, near Belfast, the family being at bathing-quarters at Newcastle, on the morning of Sunday the 6th witness discovered that several articles had been stolen from one ot the rooms of the house, a chest belonging to Robert McAnally, his fellow-servant, had been taken out of the house and plundered of its contents; witness went immediately to Belfast,  and informed Mr Hardy. Robt. McAnally - servant to Mr Hardy; when he, went to Belfast he found the prisoners in 'custody' in the. Police Office, he identified a coat, trowsers, a pair of stockings, a gold ring, and several other things, his property, which had been found upon them, and which had been left by witness locked up in his box when he went to Newcastle- witness being now shown the ring and stockings, and identified them. Stewart Beggs (Police Office)-witness took the prisoners early morning in a house in, Belfast; it had been very wet in the morning, and they were drying themselves at fire-witness produced the articles which he found on the prisoners, - and which were identified by former witnesses  -the clothes were lying on the floor of the room where he the prisoners- on the woman was a pair of stockings and a handkerchief and on the man he found the gold ring and a pair of stockings, which were claimed by McAnally and McKenna. Guilty. Belfast News-Letter, 26 Mar 1830.
SENTENCES AT THESE ASSIZES. Death Jane Graham. Sentence of Death Recorded.—John Lennon, Wm. Ball, Daniel Gartley, Sarah Tolan, Bridget Gallagher, Robert Aiken, Henry Carter, John Molloy, Mary Hamill, Mary Dunn. Transportation.—For life—Thomas Moore. For 14 years, James Robinson. For 7 years—Francis Howard, Mary Gilhoolly, Catherine Burns, William Marshall, Margaret Smith, Arthur O'Brien, William M‘Sourley, Mary Foy, Wm. Logan, Thomas Ford, Patrick Byrne, Robert Platt, Mary Whiteside, Michael Latton, Thomas Healy, Eliza Martin, Wm. Smith  and Maryann Devlin.  Newry Telegraph, 2 April 1830.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 Name: Catherine Byrnes. Estimated birth year: abt 1807 Age: 25. Date of Death: 11 Apr 1832 District: Factory Ship: Palamban.
Native place - Carlow; married with two children.