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Transportation
Margaret Corcoran was transported on the Elizabeth, departing 26th Jul 1818 and arriving 19th Nov 1818 with 101 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 | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Colonial Secretary Index. 1828 Census Index. |
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Convict Notes
Supreme Court, Thursday. Peter Miller was indicted for having stolen a petticoat from off a paling in York-street, the property, of Margaret Delany, wife of Lawrence Delany, an overseer in the Commissariat on the 7th of April, about four o'clock in the afternoon. Prisoner put in a petition, declaring his innocence. Not guilty. The Australian, 30 May 1829. -------------------------------------------------- DIED, On Saturday last, May 22nd, at his residence, York-street, Sydney, Mr. Laurence Delany, aged fifty two years, leaving a wife and family to deplore his loss. Sydney Chronicle, 26 May 1847. -------------------------------------------------- On the 24th September, at St. Mary's Temporary Cathedral, by the Rev. J. Dwyer, O.S.B., and at St. James's Church, by the Rev. Canon Allwood, WILLIAM BEATIE, of York-street, to KATE, only daughter of the late Mr. LAWRENCE DELANY, of York-street. Sydney Morning Herald, 9 Oct 1867. -------------------------------------------------- There were at least 2 sons, Laurence Joseph Delany, (d. 1902) and Thomas Delany, as well as a daughter Kate, (d. 1890). -------------------------------------------------- BEATTIE.—In loving memory of my dear sister, Mrs. Kate Beattie, who died at her residence, Gardeners' Arms Hotel, York-street, Sydney, 26th August, 1890. Inserted by her loving brother, Laurence J. Delany. Sydney Morning Herald, 26 Aug 1896. DELANY—WARD.—April 7, by special licence, at St. Patrick's Church, by the Rev. Father Piquet, S.M., Laurence Joseph, second son of the late Laurence Delany, York-street, Sydney, to Mary Louisa, third daughter of Mr. Patrick Ward, Surry Hills. Sydney Mail, 19 May 1883. DELANY.—The Friends of THOMAS DELANY are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of his late dearly beloved BROTHER, Lawrence Joseph to leave his late residence, Honest Irishman Hotel, George-street, Camperdown, THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON, at 2 p.m., for Waverley Cemetery. Sydney Morning Herald, 5 Jul 1902.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Margaret Corcoran, age on arrival, 32, per Elizabeth I (2) 1818, Tried at Longford, 1818, 7 years. DOB, 1786. Trade, House maid. Spouse, m. 1822, Laurence Delany. ---------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. CORCORAN, Margaret. Per "Elizabeth", 1818 1819 Apr 15 On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.80) 1822 Jun 12 Re permission to marry in the Roman Catholic Church at Sydney (Reel 6009; 4/3505 p.381) ----------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. DELANY, Lawrence. Per "Earl St Vincent", 1818 1822 Jun 12 Re permission to marry in the Roman Catholic Church at Sydney (Reel 6009; 4/3505 p.381) 1825 Re application for emancipation (Fiche 3244; 4/1873 pp.1-8) 1825 Nov To be granted a conditional pardon (Fiche 3292; 4/6974.1 pp.48, 76) -------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census Index. Lawrence Delany, catholic, Householder, York Street, Sydney. Has 30 acres of land, all cleared. Margaret Delany, age 40, F.S. Elizabeth 3, 1818, 7 years, catholic.