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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Burns was transported on the Blackfriar, departing 24th Jan 1851 and arriving 29th May 1851 with 199 passengers.
Ship built at Sunderland 1848. 621 tons. 1851: 261 female prisoners - 1 death (register of passengers currently being listed on this site - not yet complete). It is understood there were also 3 free female passengers. Master: T Greeves Surgeon: Jn Moody
Blackfriar (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Mary Burns (proper name Brown)was convicted at Limerick on 13/4/1850 for arson of a hay stack. Catharine Byrne also convicted and on board same ship. 15yr sentence. Transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the 'Blackfriar', arriving 1851. Aged 21yrs; country servant/wash; 5'2 1/2"; read & write; Roman Catholic; single; Hazel eyes; ruddy complexion; lt brown hair. Native place of birth - Co. Limerick. Sister Hannah at native place. Assignments of service in Colony. 1850: R. Henry, Govt., Domain, Hobart. 1852: Myers, Liverpool St. Hobart 1858: Bothwell 11/1/1853 delivered of a female child, Margaret at the Cascades Female Factory, Hobart. (No detail found of child in St. Johns Orphanage.) Application for permission to marry: John Ward (ex Lady Franklin) 2/2/1852 Westbury John Holbrook (ex Pestongee Bom) 19/3/1855. Note: Mary Burn, Burns, Byrne common names, so details would need to be researched to see if it is this Mary.