Catherine Clark

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Catherine Clark
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1770
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	27th July, 1828
Age:	58 years

Life Span

Female median life span was 53 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Theft of linen
Convicted at:	Kent Assizes
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Lady Juliana
Departure date:	June, 1789
Arrival date:	3rd June, 1790
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 246 other convicts

References

Primary source:	http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/confem4.html
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Community Contributions

Eric Harry Daly on 5th January, 2013 wrote:

Catherine Clarke was convicted at Kent in 1789, aged 18, for stealing ten yards of muslin. She was sent to Norfolk Island where she cohabited with Richard Morgan, who arrived as a convict on the Alexander. They were quite successfull farming and supplied a lot of produce on Norfolk to the government. The were transfered to Van Diemans Land on the Surprise on 6 Oct 1806 where they took up a land grant at Kangaroo Point. Catherine’s and Richard’s life are the bases for Colleen McCulloch’s novel “Morgans Run”

Convict Changes History

Eric Harry Daly on 5th January, 2013 made the following changes:

convicted at, term 7 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 1770, date of death 27th July, 1828, gender, occupation, crime