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Catherine Casterton

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Summary

Born
Jan 1833
Conviction
Attempted murder
Departure
Oct 1851
Arrival
Jan 1852
Death
Jan 1896
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Personal Information

Name: Catherine Casterton
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1833
Death: 1st Jan 1896
Age at death: 63
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: Catherine Cassidy

Crime

Crime: Attempted murder
Convicted at: Lincoln Assizes at Lincoln
Sentence term: 15 years

Voyage

Departed: 4th Oct 1851
Ship: Anna Maria
Arrival: 26th Jan 1852
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Catherine Casterton was transported on the Anna Maria, departing 4th Oct 1851 and arriving 26th Jan 1852 with 200 passengers.

Built 1836 in Calcutta. Wood barque of 421 Tons. Master Edward Smith. Sailed from England 1848 with 190 men from Pentonville prison under the care of surgeon Dr Robert Stevenson, . Twenty seven prisoners deemed to fall into "second class" were disembarked in Hobart and granted tickets of leave on landing and the remainder were disembarked at Geelong with conditional pardons. Sailed from Woolwich on 6 October 1851 under surgeon W. McCrae with 196 female convicts, landing on 26 January 1852.

Anna MariaAnna Maria (generic)

References

Primary SourceEngland, Rutland Parish Registers, 1538-1991. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLC-XKCY : 23 July 2019), Catherine Casterton, 01 Dec 1833; Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 236 1841 England Census: Class: HO107; Piece: 895; Book: 3; Civil Parish: Essendine; County: Rutland; Enumeration District: 3; Folio: 1; Page: 9; Line: 4; GSU roll: 474578 1851 England Census: Class: HO107; Piece: 1479; Folio: 1004; Page: 6; GSU roll:
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

Claims

"My great great grandma's sister"

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Convict Notes

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on 23rd November 2021

There are numerous English newspaper articles about Catherine's supposed crime, visible on: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ I believe there was either an unintentional mix-up of the bug-poison and sugar in the kitchen OR her elderly mistress's daughter intentionally put bug-poison in the sugar bowl.