Catherine Butler

Edit

Summary

Born
Jan 1823
Conviction
Theft - larceny
Departure
Jun 1849
Arrival
Sep 1849
Death
Oct 1890
Step 0 of 0

Personal Information

Name: Catherine Butler
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1823
Death: 12th Oct 1890
Age at death: 67
Occupation: Country servant
Aliases: Catherine Poole [Married]

Crime

Convicted at: Ireland, Cork
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 26th Jun 1849
Arrival: 29th Sep 1849
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Catherine Butler was transported on the Australasia, departing 26th Jun 1849 and arriving 29th Sep 1849 with 203 passengers.

Built 1847 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 500 Tons. Passenger/transportee's are currently being listed (incomplete at this date)

AustralasiaAustralasia (generic)

References

Primary SourceNAME_INDEXES:1377924. HSD285/1/2357. Libraries Tasmania's Online collection CON41-1-24 Image 16

Claims

No one has claimed Catherine Butler yet.

Photos

Become a supporter to manage photos for this convict.

No photos have been added for Catherine Butler.

Convict Notes

C H avatar
135
on 17th June 2025

Name: Butler, Catherine Record Type: Convicts Employer: Butler, J.S.: 1851 Departure date: 26 Jun 1849 Departure port: Dublin Ship: Australasia Place of origin: Cork Origin location: Latitude and Longitude Voyage number: 314 Index number: 9643 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1377924 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1377924

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
338
on 19th August 2024

Aged; 26 years old. Status; Single 1854 - Marriage Permissions Name: Butler, Catherine. Ship/free: Australasia Marriage to: Poole, James. Ship/free: Susan Permission date: 14 Aug 1854 1861 - Queen's Orphan School. Application for admission 5 June 1861 Application made by Chas. Woods. Chaplin Father James Poole, Mother Catherine Butler Remarks; husband has deserted her. Catherine and her 4 children are wondering the streets & without a home and without food Name of Children Mary - 8 years old Charles - 4 years old Annie - aged 1 1/2 years old Request the above children be admitted into the Orphan School 1863 - New Norfolk Hospital. Admission date; 26 Jan 1863. Person of unsound mind, violent in manner and incoherent in speech. 1863 - - Queen's Orphan School. Application for admission 5 June 1861 Father James Poole, Under colonial sentence for life. Trade; Sadler Mother Catherine Butler UX Poole. Now in New Norfolk Hospital. Application made by; Rev J H Smales, Bathurst Street. Name of Children; Charles Poole aged 6 years Fanny aged 3 years Remarks: The children are left alone when the father is working, and this is the reason for the application. 1866 - New Norfolk Hospital. Admission dates: 27 Jul 1866 Age: approximately 36 Imagines those about her wish to annoy and injure her, kill her. Refuses to take food & is very restless and noisy 1890 - Deaths; 12 Oct 1890. Hospital New Norfolk. Catherine Poole also known as Catherine Butler. Pauper, aged; 62 years old. From Acute Bronchitis