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Transportation
William Cosgrove was transported on the Mariner, departing 19th Jan 1827 and arriving 23rd May 1827 with 161 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
Mariner (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW Gov Records. Irish Convicts |
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Convict Notes
National Archives, Ireland. Ireland-Australia Transportation Database. Doc Ref 1: FS 1832 6. Doc Date: 27/2/1832. List of convicts who have applied for their wives and families to be sent to New South Wales at the expense of the Government. William Cosgrove, tried at Co. Sligo, Transportation for Life, per ship Mariner 1827. Wife, Mary Mains, residing at Bundrey St., Berrenagh.
William Cosgrove, Bartholomew and M. Devitt, and Patrick Kevaney, for administering an unlawful oath to J. Weir—transportation for life. Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette, 25 Mar 1826.
169689 Cosgrove William Mariner 1827 1827 - State Archives of NSW. Bound indents Microfiche 664. Age 30. Farmer's labourer from Sligo. Married with 3 children. Tried 16 March 1826 and sentenced to transportation for life for uttering unlawful oaths. Assigned to John Busby for his farm in the country on arrival. 45595 Cosgrove William - Mariner 1827. 1828 Hunter River 1828 Census. Aged 31. Shepherd assigned to John Busby.
Born at Sligo Ireland. Crime unlawful Oaths. Married with 3 Children. Classified as a WB. Irish whiteboy - (secret Irish organisation in 18th-century Ireland which used violent tactics to address the rack-rents collection, excessive priests' dues, evictions and other oppressive acts against the tenant and subsistence Irish farmers).