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Timothy Cusack was transported on the Marquis Of Huntley, departing 27th Sep 1827 and arriving 30th Jan 1828 with 165 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Ancestry Convict Indents. http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi Irish National Archives. Ireland – Australia Transportation Database. Doc FS 1832 6. Date of Doc: 27/2/1832. |
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Irish National Archives. Ireland – Australia Transportation Database. Doc FS 1832 6. Date of Doc: 27/2/1832. Timothy Cusack, Trial, Co. Roscommon, Transportation for Life. Ship, Marquis of Huntley, 1828. List of convicts who have applied for their wives and families to be sent to New South Wales at the expense of Government. Wife, Jane Gordon, residing at Cloombigny, Taughmaconnell.
John Keaghran, Thomas Gately, James Fallon and Terence Cusack, transported for their natural lives—The sentence to be carried into immediate execution, to Keaghran and Gately. Roscommon & Leitrim Gazette, 17 March 1827.
Death of an Old Colonist.— It is with deep regret, and which will be shared in by many of our readers, that we have to announce the death of Mr. Timothy Cusack, of Picton. It appears that at the commencement of last week he came to Sydney with a mob of horses, and when returning from the sale of them at Camperdown on Wednesday afternoon, the shaft of a milk cart struck him on the calf of the leg and inflicted a severe wound. It was said that a bus driver struck Mr. Cusack's horse with a whip and thus made him restive. He was at once taken to the residence, of Mr. John McCarthy of George-street, opposite Christ Church, where he was shortly after seen by Drs. Aitken and Gray. All that medical skill could achieve was done, but the shock to the system was too great, and the unfortunate man gradually sunk, and expired on Monday morning about six o'clock. Mr. Cusack was a native of the county of Roscommon, was 70 years of age and had been in the colony about 40 years, during most of which time he was a settler in Liverpool and Picton. He also accompanied Sir Thomas Mitchel on two of his exploring expeditions during the year 1830 and 1836 He leaves a wife and five children. It will be a consolation to his family and friends to know that he received all the rites of the Catholic Church from Father Cerish, and that he died most calmly. Mr. Cusack was a staunch Catholic and a patriotic Irishman and in every movement having the good of his religion or the advancement of his country or fellow countrymen in view, he was always one of the most willing to lend his assistance. His last effort in this way was the getting up of a movement to further the O'Connell monument fund. His remains were conveyed on Tuesday to the Liverpool Catholic Church, where Mass was celebrated by Father Young, and thence to the burial ground, where, in the midst of his family and a large circle of friends, they were consigned to their last resting place. May his soul rest, in peace. Freeman’s Journal, 2 Sep 1863.
1833 Timothy had arranged for his wife Jane and 2 children James and Mary arrived with "families of Convicts" to Sydney Harbour aboard the "Caroline". It appears that Timothy was going to Sydney with a mob of horses, and when returning from the sale of them at Camperdown in the afternoon, the shaft of a milk cart struck him on the calf of the leg and inflicted a severe wound. A Bus driver struck Mr Cusack's horse with a whip which made the horse throw him off. He died on 31 August 1863 leaving a wife and five children. The ceremony was performed at Liverpool Catholic Church and Timothy and his wife Jane are both buried in the Liverpool Pioneer Cemetery.
Timothy Cusack b: C.1798 Roscommon Ireland Age 34. Reads and writes. Married with 2 children. Native place Roscommon. Occupation had been a bog surveyor in Ireland; he was an honest creature, but had got somehow implicated in a charge of administering unlawful oaths. Tried 13 March 1827 and sentenced to transportation for life for taking illegal oaths. Assigned to the Surveyor Generals Department on arrival in Sydney. In 1831 Hunter Valley and Liverpool Plains Source: Three Expeditions Into the Interior of Eastern Australia: With Descriptions.. By Thomas Livingstone Mitchell. In 1834: Mulgoa Timothy Cusack, whose chief responsibility was the working oxen employed by the various road gangs being rested at Mulgoa. The monthly returns record the number or name of each gang, the district where it was working, the name of the overseer and where he was stationed, and details of the oxen. There are also detailed returns of convicts employed at Mulgoa noting name, ship and how employed. Cusack retained the volume after he left government service. Timothy received his Ticket of Leave 3rd June 1836 for the Penrith District. Timothy received his Pardon on 23rd June 1838. During 1847-49, when he was the publican of the Bay Horse Inn on the Cowpasture Road at Liverpool, from 29 June 1844 till 30 June 1948 he used it to record his inn accounts. In 1857 Timothy sold up all his land at Cabramatta and moved to Yass NSW.
Timothy Cusack was listed as 34 years old on arrival. Native Place: Roscommon. Occupation: Land surveyor. Timothy was literate, married with 2 children, 5'7¼" tall, ruddy fresh/freckled complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, scar corner right eyebrow. Assigned to the Surveyor General Office. 1831: Accompanied Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell's expedition. 3/6/1836: TOL Penrith. 20/11/1837: CP