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Transportation
Catherine Caffree was transported on the Buffalo, departing 4th May 1833 and arriving 5th Oct 1833 with 183 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
BuffaloReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 90 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Name; Catherine Caffree. No; 121 Age; 67 Reads. Single, Catholic, Widow. 2 male children. Native County; Kildare Trade; Publican (feeble) Offence; Stealing money Trial; 18 Feb 1833 Height; 4 ft. 9 1/2 Complexion; Sallow Hair; Brown mixed with grey Eyes; Hazel Notes; Left wrist broken 1833 - Sydney Goal Entrance Book. Year of birth 1774. 1834 - 6 May. No; 1287. Servant. Purpose; Hospital. 1st Class. Discharged to the factory 9th May 1837 - General Muster. Age; 67. Assigned; Mary Hodale?, Sydney 1840 - 24 Mar. Ticket of Leave. 40/796. Altered from Maitland to Melbourne 3rd May 1844. No; 43/12618 -------------------
UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Name; Catherine Coffee Age; 60 Notes; 9 Jun - When in the act of going on deck, slipped and fell on the deck by which a simple fracture of the radius of the right arm was produced ….. Disease; Fracture to arm Discharged; 12 June --------------------