Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Michael Connors was transported on the Phoebe Dunbar, departing 2nd Jun 1853 and arriving 30th Aug 1853 with 37 passengers.
704 ton ship built at Sunderland in 1850. 1853 voyage: Kingston, Ireland direct to the Swan River, Western Australia - 89 days (8 deaths at sea, 2 at harbour). Also on this voyage were 93 pensioner guards and their families. Convicts transported are currently being listed (not yet complete).
Phoebe Dunbar (generic)References
| Primary Source | Western Australian convicts --0-- Edgar, W. (Bill). (2018). “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” The Great Circle, 40(1), 20–43. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26783779 |
Claims
"Jacqui Graham - WACC Phoebe Dunbar Project"
Photos
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Convict Notes
NEWSPAPER REPORT OF SENTENCING: “WATERFORD ASSIZES. COUNTY RULE OF COURT ... Michael Connor [sic], Owen Connor, Pat. Connor, sheep stealing, 3 months’ from committal, and on the Judge leaving, each to receive 10 lashes with a birch rod, and 15 lashes each at the expiration of sentence.” (Tipperary Free Press, 23 March, p4 at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000790/18500323/041/0004). --0--
1849, 28 December: JAIL – He was released from prison. -- 1850, 4 March: TRIAL – Michael Connors was convicted for stealing sheep, sentenced to “3 months from his committal and 60 lashes [sic] on Judge leaving town, and 15 on expiration of sentence”. --0--
1849, 28 June: TRIAL – Michael Connors, 19, was tried before James Bessonnet at Lismore, convicted and sentenced to six months’ hard labour for stealing sheep and lambs (Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Waterford; Waterford; 1849-1887; image 81). --0--
TWO PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS & JAIL TIME: 1849, 8 May: JAIL – Michael Conners [sic], # 769, was admitted to Waterford Gaol, following his committal by A Ussher Esq., to stand trial for larceny. He was listed as 19 years old, labourer, from Kildora, County Cork; 5’0” tall, gray eyes, brown hair, fair complexion; Roman Catholic, no education - illiterate (Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Waterford; Waterford; 1849-1887; image 81). --0--
Michael CONNORS was convicted at Waterford, Ireland on 24 June 1850. 10yr transportation sentence. Sent to Western Australia per the 'Phoebe Dunbar' which arrived 30 Aug 1853. Michael is recorded as having died at sea - cause typhus.