Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Sabina Collins was transported on the Kinnear, departing 16th Jun 1848 and arriving 7th Oct 1848 with 141 passengers.
Built 1834 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 369 Tons. (Register of persons transported is not yet completed - currently being listed.) 1842 Voyage. OCT. 23. - Arrived the barque Kinnear, Lidderdale master, from Dublin 10th July, with 180 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent - G. J. Fox, Esq. The guard consists of Captain Bull (with Mrs. Bull, 4 children, and 1 female servant), and 30 rank and file of the 99th Regt., - 4 women, and 6 children. Colonial Times (Hobart) 25 Oct 1842.
Kinnear (generic)References
| Primary Source | Document ref1: TR 7, P 246 |
Claims
No one has claimed Sabina Collins yet.
Photos
No photos have been added for Sabina Collins.
Convict Notes
c. 1827 Born in Co. Meath, Ireland. She was the daughter of Richard and Honora Collins. She had a sister Ellen and brothers Patrick, William and John. 18 Jan. 1848 She was tried in Co. Mayo and sentenced to 7 years' transportation for stealing shirts from Ellen Collins (sister) of Co. Meath. She had previous convictions: 6 months imprisonment for stealing money; 3 months for breaking glass. She was twice discharged for stealing clothes. 25 Jan. 1848 The Mayo Constitution: "Ballina Quarter Sessions. Sibby Collins, larceny. Transportation for seven years." 16 June 1848 She left Dublin on board the Kinnear. 7 Oct. 1848 She arrived in VDL. The following description was taken down: a house maid, she was 5'ft and aged 21. She had dark brown hair and grey eyes. She was single and a Roman Catholic. She had spent three years on the town (prostitution). Her probation period lasted for 6 months spent on the Anson. 23 Nov. 1849 At Brickfields. For allowing smoking in the dormitory, one month hard labour . 21 Dec. 1849 She was at the Female Factory in Hobart. 16 Apr. 1850 She applied to marry the English convict William Fleet, transported on the Cressy. 6 May1850 She married William Fleet (Hobart 217/1850).