Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Jeremiah Coffee was transported on the Blenheim, departing 1st Nov 1848 and arriving 2nd Feb 1849 with 299 passengers.
Built 1845 at Shields. Wood ship of 808 Tons. Register lists of persons transported on the various sailing is still a work in progress, not all are yet listed.
Blenheim (generic)References
| Primary Source | Tasmanian Archives - convicts |
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Convict Notes
Jeremiah COFFEE was convicted at Cork, Ireland on 3 Jan 1848 for stealing 16 geese. (Previous for stealing a cow - 3mths gaol). 7yr transportation sentence. Transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the 'Blenheim' arriving 2 Feb 1849. Aged 17yrs; single; labourer; 4'11"; Roman Catholic; can read a little; fresh complexion, freckled; dk brown hair; grey eyes. Native place: Co. Cork, Ireland. In Colony: No details are recorded on his sheet for Probation Gang or other. Free 5 Jan 1853. Application for Permission to marry: 27 May 1853 - to Mary STEARN (transported per 'Tory'). Approved. Marriage: to Mary Ann STEARN on 4 July 1853 at Hobart, Jeremiah aged 22yrs, Mary aged 21yrs. (ref. 37/1/12 no. 413