Mary Cully

Mary Cully, one of 190 convicts transported on the America, 30 December 1830

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Mary Cully
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1811
Occupation:	Housemaid
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Stealing
Convicted at:	Bristol (City) Session of Peace Oyer Terminer and Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	America
Departure date:	30th December, 1830
Arrival date:	9th May, 1831
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 137 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 545 (275). Tasmanian Archives.
Source description:	This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project.

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Community Contributions

Nell Murphy on 25th May, 2016 wrote:

Mary Cully was convicted at Bristol City for stealing from her employer - money. 14 yr sentence. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ship ‘America’ arriving May 1831.

Single woman; aged 20 yrs; housemaid.
Native place - Tipperary, Ireland.
Assignments of service in Colony.
Appears to have been assigned to Mr. John Griffiths who later became her husband.
Several notes of misconduct & time at the Female House of Correction, Launceston.
Ticket of Leave 22 Dec 1842.
Conditional Pardon no. 413 in 1844.

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 25th May, 2016 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 545 (275). Tasmanian Archives. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 545 (275)), date