Bridget Callaghan

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Summary

Born
Jan 1825
Conviction
Cow stealing
Departure
Jun 1848
Arrival
Oct 1848
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Bridget Callaghan
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1825
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Housemaid

Crime

Crime: Cow stealing
Convicted at: Ireland. Kildare
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 16th Jun 1848
Ship: Kinnear
Arrival: 7th Oct 1848
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Bridget Callaghan was transported on the Kinnear, departing 16th Jun 1848 and arriving 7th Oct 1848 with 141 passengers.

Built 1834 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 369 Tons. (Register of persons transported is not yet completed - currently being listed.) 1842 Voyage. OCT. 23. - Arrived the barque Kinnear, Lidderdale master, from Dublin 10th July, with 180 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent - G. J. Fox, Esq. The guard consists of Captain Bull (with Mrs. Bull, 4 children, and 1 female servant), and 30 rank and file of the 99th Regt., - 4 women, and 6 children. Colonial Times (Hobart) 25 Oct 1842.

KinnearKinnear (generic)

References

Primary SourceTasmanian Indents for Kinnear. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p14 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p15

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 6th December 2021

Tickets-of Leave Granted. 928. Bridget Callaghan, Kinnear. The Tasmanian Colonist, 2 Oct 1851.

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 3rd December 2021

Tasmanian Indents for Kinnear. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p14 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p15 Bridget Callaghan, tried at Kildare, 13 March 1848, 7 years, age 23, height 5ft 7. catholic, can neither read nor write, single. Offence: Cow stg, pro John Donohoe, Co. Kildare. 12 months for money, 6 months for clothes. Surgeons report, Very Good. Trade, House maid, 6 months on the Town. Native place, Kildare. Remarks: Bro, William & Mil. Sis, Catherine & Margt at N.P.