Bridget Byrne

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Bridget Byrne
Aliases:	Rowley, Rouley, Byrnes
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1808
Occupation:	Country servant
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 53 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing
Convicted at:	Dublin City
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Diamond
Departure date:	29th November, 1837
Arrival date:	29th March, 1838
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 159 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Original data: 1788-1868 Convict Records. Records kept at the New South Wales State Records Office, P.O. Box R625, Royal Exchange, NSW 2000; at the Archives Office of Tasmania, 77 Murray St., Hobart, TAS 7000; and at the State Records Office of Western Australia, Alexander Library, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, WA 6000. State Archives NSW, COF Butts (NRS 12210)
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Community Contributions

SHANE MARSH on 17th May, 2018 wrote:

Original data: 1788-1868 Convict Records. Records kept at the New South Wales State Records Office, P.O. Box R625, Royal Exchange, NSW 2000; at the Archives Office of Tasmania, 77 Murray St., Hobart, TAS 7000; and at the State Records Office of Western Australia, Alexander Library, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, WA 6000.

Iris Dunne on 18th May, 2018 wrote:

Certificate of Freedom No.44/788 dated 16 May 1844, Prisoner’s No.38/18, Trade: Country Servant, Offence: Stealing Lace Veil, Trial: 12 January 1837 in Dublin City, Sentence: 7 years, Year of Birth: 1808

SHANE MARSH on 19th May, 2018 wrote:

Bridget travelled with two children, Ann Rowley (9 months) and Margaret Rowley (10 years). Bridget’s brother William Byrne alias Cuddy also was a convict (Nepture, 1838).

Penny-Lyn Beale on 22nd December, 2021 wrote:

1838 - List of the Money given to the charge of the Surgeon Superintendent of the Convict Ship; Diamond,
Belonging to the several convicts embarked Bond of the said Ship, from the Richmond Female Penitentiary Dublin and which is to be given to them on landing at NSW.
No; 11
Name; Bridget Byrne
Amount; 6 Shillings & 8 1/2 d [pence]

Convict Changes History

SHANE MARSH on 17th May, 2018 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: years, voyage, source: Original data: 1788-1868 Convict Records. Records kept at the New South Wales State Records Office, P.O. Box R625, Royal Exchange, NSW 2000; at the Archives Office of Tasmania, 77 Murray St., Hobart, TAS 7000; a

Iris Dunne on 18th May, 2018 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 7 years, source: Original data: 1788-1868 Convict Records. Records kept at the New South Wales State Records Office, P.O. Box R625, Royal Exchange, NSW 2000; at the Archives Office of Tasmania, 77 Murray St., Hobart, TAS 7000; and at t