Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Connell was transported on the Princess Royal, departing 6th Jan 1829 and arriving 9th May 1829 with 100 passengers.
Princess Royal (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 501 (252) |
| 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 |
Claims
"My ggg grandmother ❤️"
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Convict Notes
Mary Smith, nee Connell was my GG Grandmother. She resided & is buried in Wellington NSW. Wife of John C Smith. Her daughter was Isabella Hayden, nee Smith, 1843-1924. Isabella married George Hayden 1836-1907.. Alan Lawler
old Bailey Online 1907. MARY CONNELL was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of July , 1 pair of half-boots, value 3s. , the goods of John Edwards . CHARLOTTE SAUNDERS . I am the daughter of John Edwards; he is a shoemaker , and lives in Bath-street - I was there on the 8th of July, and saw the prisoner come to his shop; she asked if we had any second-hand shoes - after being told we did not sell them, she went away; when she was gone, a young woman gave me information - I went out, and saw the prisoner twenty yards or more from my father's house; I went after her to the end of Providence-street - there I saw her stop and take a pair of boots from her pocket-hole, and put them into her apron; I followed her till she came to Worship-street, and then I went into the office, and spoke to a gentleman, who took her with the boots - he was called away, and Eagles took them. THOMAS EAGLES . I received the boots and the prisoner. GUILTY . Aged 19. Transported for Seven Years
old Bailey Online 1907. MARY CONNELL was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of July , 1 pair of half-boots, value 3s. , the goods of John Edwards . CHARLOTTE SAUNDERS . I am the daughter of John Edwards; he is a shoemaker , and lives in Bath-street - I was there on the 8th of July, and saw the prisoner come to his shop; she asked if we had any second-hand shoes - after being told we did not sell them, she went away; when she was gone, a young woman gave me information - I went out, and saw the prisoner twenty yards or more from my father's house; I went after her to the end of Providence-street - there I saw her stop and take a pair of boots from her pocket-hole, and put them into her apron; I followed her till she came to Worship-street, and then I went into the office, and spoke to a gentleman, who took her with the boots - he was called away, and Eagles took them. THOMAS EAGLES . I received the boots and the prisoner. GUILTY . Aged 19. Transported for Seven Years
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Bound Indentures 1829. From Cork Ireland Single catholic who could read. Was a straw bonnet maker. Tried 17/9/1828. 5' 3" Ruddy pock pitted and freckled complexion brown hair and hazel eyes. James Rooke George Street Sydney.