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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Catherine Clarke was transported on the Edward, departing 23rd Apr 1834 and arriving 4th Sep 1834 with 151 passengers.
Built 1806 in Bristol, England. 406 tons. 4 voyages to Australia from Britain transporting convicts. Please note some registers of person are not yet complete - a work in progress. ************** 1829 - Edward arrived from Ireland in Sydney Cove; 26 April 1829. Female Convict Ship; Commander; Gilbert. Surgeon Superintendent; William C Watt M.D. Muster held on Board; 28 April 1829. Mustered; 174. Died on Voyage; 3. Total; 177
Edward (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 344 |
| 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
Thomas Quarry (Southworth) and Catherine Clarke (Edward) petitioned to marry in 1836 and were granted permission. They married on 30 May 1836 in New Town, Hobart. References Petition: CON52-1-1P069 Marriage: 3337 / 1836
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/4/60. Date. 1834 Apr 3. 2 individual petitions (William Kerney, prisoner's father and S Horner, chaplain) and 1 collective petition (26 inhabitants of Dublin) on behalf of Catherine Clarke alias Catherine Kerney convicted at the Liverpool Quarter sessions [Lancashire] in January 1833 for stealing 70lbs of cheese. Grounds for clemency: respectable industrious parents, led respectable life in Dublin, led astray by present profligate husband, good conduct while in prison, poor state of health, her father having to look after her 2 children, if sent to penitentiary family would try to reform her. Initial sentence: 14 years transportation. Gaoler's report: convicted before. Annotated: nil. AT 8
1834 - CON40 – 1 – 1 Image Indent No; 247 Trial Date; 7 Jan 1833 Transported for “Stealing a Cheese" [Stealing 5 cheeses] Status; Married. Husband; Matthew. 2 Children DIED; in H M C Hospital - 23 Aug 1837. Vide Memo of J Dunn Esq. D P - 24 August 1837 Source; CON27-1-1 Image 14 Age; 27 years. Trade; Plain Cook, Wash & Iron Assigned; Mr Petre