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Voyage
Transportation
Bridget Castleton was transported on the Andromeda, departing 30th Nov 1833 and arriving 17th Sep 1834 with 176 passengers.
Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.
Andromeda (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Annotated Printed Indentures 1834 |
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Convict Notes
From Cork Ireland has 2 children and is a widow. Cannot read or write is a catholic. 4' 11" sallow complexion brown grey hair hazel eyes Note cert of freedom no 40/1552 Female factory report 1839 granted 19/9/1840 New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 New South Wales Convicts arrived 1833-1834 Assigned to A S Troode of Sydney New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) View title info Wed 10 Aug 1836 [Issue No.234] Page 605 THE undermentioned Prisoners having absconded from the individuals and apprehended THOMAS RYAN, Chief Clerk. LIST OF RUNAWAYS APPREHENDED DURING THE LAST WEEK Castleton Bridget, Andromeda, A. S. Trood, Sydney New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) View title info Tue 29 Jun 1841 [Issue No.51] Page 876 Government Gazette Notices Principal Superintendent of Convicts' Office, Sydney, June 24, 1841. THE undermentioned persons have obtained their Certificates of Freedom, viz.:— Castleton Bridget, Andromeda 3