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Denis Cohane

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Summary

Born
Jan 1777
Conviction
Irish rebel
Departure
Oct 1819
Arrival
Mar 1820
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Denis Cohane
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1777
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Labourer - general
Aliases: Cochrane

Crime

Crime: Irish rebel
Convicted at: Ireland, Cork
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 3rd Oct 1819
Ship: Castle Forbes
Arrival: 4th Mar 1820
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Denis Cohane was transported on the Castle Forbes, departing 3rd Oct 1819 and arriving 4th Mar 1820 with 143 passengers.

The Castle Forbes was a 439-ton merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. Castle Forbes arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 27 January 1820. After their arrival in Sydney, 136 men were sent on to Van Diemen's Land Colony (now named Tasmania), arriving in Hobart 1 March 1820. 4 men remained in New South Wales and 4 deaths recorded on this voyage. Alexander Pearce (the infamous bushranger) was one of these men. (Incomplete register of persons transported - records are currently being inputted)

Castle ForbesCastle Forbes (generic)

References

Primary Sourcehttp://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/convicts.htm

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on 8th October 2014

Denis Cohane was listed as Denis Cochrane on pcug.org. Records in VDL are under Cohane. Denis was actually landed in NSW and was sent on to VDL along with 136 other convicts. Denis was 43 years old on arrival. He was 5'5 3/4" tall, dark grey eyes, brown hair. 1830: Assigned to Mr T Daley 14/6/1833: TOL 1/7/1836: CP 21/9/1839: Free Pardon 20/7/1841: Absolute Pardon No date of death found.