Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
Thomas Cagney was transported on the Eliza, departing 19th Jul 1827 and arriving 8th Nov 1827 with 194 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW Gov Records. Irish Convicts. |
Claims
"Thomas Cagney is my ancestor from my mothers side"
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Convict Notes
When he arrived in Australia, he was 50 years old. He left behind in Ireland, a wife, Margaret (Brogan), whom he married in about 1804, and 4 children, James, Michael, Mary, and Thomas. Thomas appears to have worked as a farm labourer in the Maitland area, (Merton). He was granted a ticket of leave in 1836. In 1841 he is recorded as living at Yango Creek in the Wollombi district. He received his CF on Feb. 1st, 1845. His wife, Mary Brogan, and daughter, Mary, joined him, arriving on the Roslyn Castle, while Michael and Thomas came on the Surry, arriving in 1836.. They settled around Singleton. Mary Cagney (Brogan) died in 1841 and is buried at Patricks Plains, near Singleton. Thomas Cagney died in 1850 and is buried in Singleton?
Born - Limerick, Ireland in 1777. He was a Catholic and an Irish rebel. At the time it is thought he was living in Newmarket, County Cork, Ireland. Married with 5 children and father of Patrick who arrived on the same ship.