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Mary Connor was transported on the Elizabeth, departing 27th Aug 1827 and arriving 12th Jan 1828 with 195 passengers.
1828 - Elizabeth arrived from Ireland with Female Irish Convicts. Total No Embarked; 194. Drowned on voyage; 1 Died on Board; 1. Total mustered 192 on arrival at Sydney Cove 12 January 1828. 16 Children on Board Walter Cock - Commander Joseph H Hughes - Surgeon Superintendent.
Elizabeth (generic)References
| Primary Source | ADM 101/24/31827-1828 Medical and surgical journal of the Elizabeth convict Ship, for 6 July 1827 to 26 January 1828 by Joseph H Hughes, Surgeon, during which time the said Elizabeth was employed in transporting female convicts from Ireland to Sydney, New South Wales. |
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Convict Notes
One of the convicts died on board the Elizabeth. ADM 101/24/31827-1828 Medical and surgical journal of the Elizabeth convict Ship, for 6 July 1827 to 26 January 1828 by Joseph H Hughes, Surgeon, during which time the said Elizabeth was employed in transporting female convicts from Ireland to Sydney, New South Wales. Folios 3, 5, 6: Mary Connor, aged 35, Convict; disease or hurt, general debility, the result of some chronic hepatic affection with epilepsy. Put on sick list, 20 September 1827. Died, 18 October 1827 [folio 6]. Considered an invalid when she came on board, the Surgeon applied to Dr Travers to have her sent back. Folios 5-6: Mary Connor, aged 38, Convict, case continues. Suffered diarrhoea and dysenteria from the 12 October 1827. Died, 18 October 1827. The Surgeon notes it was impossible in the circumstances to open her body after death, she was sewn in to a hospital sheet and committed to the deep in the evening in the presence of all the convicts, the clergyman [Reverend Vincent] performing the service.