Bridget Connor

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Bridget Connor
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1801
Occupation:	Housemaid
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 10 years

Crime:	Receiving stolen property
Convicted at:	Ireland, Kilkdare
Sentence term:	10 years
Ship:	Blackfriar
Departure date:	24th January, 1851
Arrival date:	29th May, 1851
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 188 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Tasmanian Archives - convicts. Conduct Record & Indent. Friends of the Orphan School.
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Community Contributions

Carol Axton-Thompson on 26th November, 2013 wrote:

Bridget Connor was convicted at Kildare on 21/6/1850 for receiving stolen goods - table cloths. 10yr sentence. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land on the ‘Blackfriar’, arriving 1851.

Aged 50yrs; Roman Catholic; 4’ 10 1/2”; dark complexion; brown hair; blue eyes; married, child on board.

Ship Surgeon’s Report: troublesome
Native place - Co. Kildare

Assignments of service in Colony, House of Correction, Hobart, Clarence Plains & Huon River.

Child: Margaret - admitted to St. Johns Orphan School, New Town 3/6/1851, aged 9yrs. Discharged to mother, on a Ticket of Leave, 22/11/1855. (ref. SWD 28)

Ticket of Leave 17/10/1854
Conditional Pardon 9/6/1857
Certificate of Freedom 2/7/1860

Convict Changes History

Carol Axton-Thompson on 26th November, 2013 made the following changes:

convicted at, term 10 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 1801, date of death 0000, gender, occupation, crime