Summary
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Voyage
Transportation
Eliza Cummins was transported on the Andromeda, departing 30th Nov 1833 and arriving 17th Sep 1834 with 176 passengers.
Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.
Andromeda (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Bound Indentures 1834-1835 |
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Convict Notes
From Isle of Wright, Could not read or write single catholic Convicted of stealing bacon. 5' 4 3/4" Ruddy and freckled complexion, brown hair, dark brown eyes. Blind in left eye Stout New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 New South Wales Assigned to Thomas Cudell of Winsdor New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for Eliza Cummins 1837 Description Book Sydney 1835-1838. Was at the factory and along with 5 other women was sent to Port Macquarie Interior. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891 for Eliza Cummins Port Macquarie Penal Settlement Port Macquarie: Monthly Returns, 1835-1836. 31/3/1838 Listed Eliza Cummins in the New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839 Name: Eliza Cummins Gender: Female Arrival year:1833 Arriving Vessel:Planter Spouse Name:Thomas Williams Spouse Gender: Male Spouse Arrival Year:1822 Spouse Vessel: Andromeda Marriage Year:Abt 1839 Application Date:18 Mar 1839 H H Parker certified that he would keep them both in his service until the man gets his freedom or TOL. Both were on a bond and Thomas had received a life sentence. Applied in Port Macquarie.Both were described as of good character and the marriage was allowed. Eliza Cummins in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950. Name: Eliza Cummins Spouse Name:Thomas Williams Marriage Date:1839 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place:Melbourne, New South Wales Registration Year:1839 Volume Number: V New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 (NRS 12210) Butts of Certificates of Freedom 1841 June 16 cert no 41/776 stated was a servant and residence was port macquarie. Alias Findland