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Voyage
Transportation
Catharine Conway was transported on the Blackfriar, departing 24th Jan 1851 and arriving 29th May 1851 with 199 passengers.
Ship built at Sunderland 1848. 621 tons. 1851: 261 female prisoners - 1 death (register of passengers currently being listed on this site - not yet complete). It is understood there were also 3 free female passengers. Master: T Greeves Surgeon: Jn Moody
Blackfriar (generic)References
| Primary Source | Tasmanian Archives - convicts. Conduct Record/Application for Permission to Marry/Colonial Families. |
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Convict Notes
Not married to Joseph Henry Finch. JFinch's wife Catherine had children to Joseph very frequently from 1859. Catherine (who married Thomas Poole) had 4 children around the same time period, and she placed them in an orphanage around 1872. Catherine Finch had 'Finch' Children in 1871 and 1873. There are at least 7 different Catherines in this time period which I am trying to confirm. Also This Catherine was born 12 years before Catherine Finch.
Children: One child by Thomas Poole (Reference: 33/1/6/171 Thomas Poole died July 1860 - Accidental Death. (Reference: 1860/394) Marriage 29 Jan 1866 to Joseph Henry (Henry Joseph) Finch (Butcher) (Ref:1866/205) CHILDREN : Ten children by Joseph Henry Finch Death: 8 March 1914. Died at Hobart. Buried at Cornelian Bay Cemetery.
Application for permission to marry: 30 Mar 1854: to Thomas POOLE (listed free, at date). Approved. Married: 22 May 1854 St. George's Church of England, Hobart. Thomas Poole, aged 44yrs, a farmer. Catherine, aged 24yrs, widow. (ref. 37/1/13 no. 368)
Single; aged 22yrs; native place of birth - Co. Galway; country servant; 5'2 1/2"; ruddy complexion, freckled; lt brown hair; blue eyes; Roman Catholic. Assigned services in the Colony. 04/06/1851: Lunatic Asylum, New Norfolk (presume service and not admitted). 24/02/1852: Absconded from Lunatic Asylum - 6mths hard labour at New Town & House of Correction. Others assignments at Hobart, New Town & Battery Point. 19/03/1853: Married Morris Long (transported Sir J Byng). (ref/561/1853-37) 14/10/1853: note that Morris Long had died. Colonial Family listing: CONWAY, CATHERINE Gender: Female Birth Marriage/Relationship: 1853 - HOBART, Tasmania ( LONG, MORRIS ) Death: 22/05/1854: Married Thomas Poole (free,1854) (ref. 368/1854-37 Hobart) Colonial Family Listing: CONWAY, CATHERINE Gender: Female Birth 1830 - Marriage/Relationship: 1854 - HOBART, Tasmania ( POOLE, THOMAS ) Death: FAMILY INFORMATION Children: 241396 POOLE M 1855 Ticket of Leave 24/07/1855 Conditional Pardon 26/01/1856 09/07/1872: Hobart Supreme Court - as Catherine Poole - purjury. Guilty. 1yr imprisonment, Cascades.
Catharine Conway was convicted at Kildare on 23/07/1850 for arson - houseburning. Stated "committed this offence to be transported". Life sentence. Transported to Van Diemen's Land(Tasmania) on the 'Blackfriar', arriving 29/05/1851.