Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
James Byrne (Burn) (Burns was transported on the Borodino, departing 11th Feb 1828 and arriving 12th Jul 1828 with 206 passengers.
Tons: 615, built at Thames, England 1810.
Borodino (generic)References
| Primary Source | Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 669 Surgeon's journal of the Borodino convict ship. National Archives Catalogue |
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Convict Notes
A man, named James Byrne, has been arrested, and committed to gaol, charged with burning the dwelling house of Mary Dwyer. Tipperary Free Press, 21 July 1827. … sentence of death recorded; James Byrne, for burning a house of Mary Dwyer, at Cloghjordan, same sentence; Limerick Chronicle, 22 Aug 1827.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. James Byrne, alias Burn, age on arrival, 20, Per Borodino, 1828. Tried Tipperary, 1827, Life for House burning. Whiteboy Irish rebel. DOB 1808, native place, Tipperary. Single. Catholic. Farm labourer.
AGe 20. Put on sick list 10 February 1828. Discharged 10 March. Disease: constipation
Age 20. Labourer, farmer, from Tipperary. Tried 13 August 1827 and sentenced to transportation for life for house burning. Description - Bridge of nose broken and flattened
1828 Census Details: Labourer assigned to George Williams, Brisbane Grove, Paterson Plains Burial 1831 May age 22