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Voyage
Transportation
Fanny Callahan was transported on the Sovereign, departing 15th Apr 1829 and arriving 3rd Aug 1829 with 121 passengers.
Sovereign (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 39 (22) |
| 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
Family connections for Frances Mary (Callahan) are: CALLAHAN Frances Mary (Callaghan)/Fanny (Callahan) was born about 1814. She became a house servant. She was tried for stealing clothes at Devon Assizes Exeter on 13 1 1829, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW on 3 8 1829 after a voyage of 4months on SOVEREIGN; she was age16 Protestant 5'0" dark ruddy complexion, freckled dark brown hair hazel eyes. She married George (Field his second marriage) on 12 5 1834 at (Christ Church?) Castlereagh & produced 13 children. She died on 7 8 1882 age about68 at Bathurst. [Some details taken from this Website] George (Field) was born about 1803/6 at Parramatta. He married firstly Elizabeth (Colless) on 12 7 1824 at Christ Church Castlereagh. He was recorded in 1828 with his wife. He died on 16 4 1872 age about68 at Mt Pleasant father of 13children. Details of George (Field)s family are given in entry for Betty (Mitchell MARY ANN 1791) on this Website. Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
NSW Convict Indents 1829 Sovereign from England Muster Roll of 119 female English convicts per ship Soverign, George Fairfowl, Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 3rd August 1829. Muster held on board the said ship 5th August by the Honourable Alexander McLeay Esq., Colonial Secretary. Callaghan, Fanny, 16, protestant, Plymouth, house girl, stealing clothes, trial Exeter 13 Jan 1829, sentence 7 years, height 5 ft. 0 in., complexion dark ruddy and freckled, hair dark brown, eyes hazel.
Married George Field, 12 May 1834 at Castlereagh. George was the son of Edward Field (Private, NSW Corps, Scarborough, 1790) and Elizabeth Mitchell (Convict, Mary Ann, 1791). George and Fanny had 13 children between 1834 and 1857.