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Transportation
Dennis Driscoll was transported on the Adelaide, departing 8th Aug 1849 and arriving 29th Nov 1849 with 304 passengers.
The 'ADELAIDE’ was built 1832 in Calcutta. Wood ship of 640 Tons. 1849 voyage: Departed London 17 Aug 1849. The convicted persons were then known as 'Exiles' because they had served part of their sentence in England and providing they were of good conduct were to be given a 'Ticket of Leave' or Conditional Pardon upon arrival in Australia. The 'Adelaide' arrived at Hobart, VDL on 29 Nov 1849 and disembarked 40 men. The ship then sailed to Port Phillip, Victoria but was refused entry and so sailed on to Port Jackson, New South Wales arriving there 24 Dec 1849. 1855 voyage: departed Portland, England on 19 April 1855, arriving Fremantle, Western Australia on 18 July 1855. 260 convicts, 1 death. The ship also carried 30 Pensioner Guards and their families.
Adelaide (generic)References
| Primary Source | Find A Grave. NSW State Archives, Convict Index, Death Register. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 101 (52) |
| 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 Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
The 23 April,1847, edition of the Glasgow Herald (Page 1, Column 4) contains the following report: - INVERNESS CIRCUIT COURT OF JUSTICIARY - 16 April 1847 - JAMES BELL, private, 76th Regiment, was found guilty of assault and sentenced to seven years' transportation. DENNIS DRISCOLL, private in the same regiment, was found guilty of a similar offence, but more aggravated, and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation.
Find A Grave Memorial ID No. 144449622 St. Patrick's Cemetery, Parramatta Death 29 April 1850 Notes: Parramatta, Labourer https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144449622/dennis-driscoll
Ticket of Leave No. 49/1477 dated 30 Dec. 1849, Prisoner No. 49/320, Tried 16 April 1847 in Inverness, Died in Hospital, Parramatta 1850 Convict Death Register dated 29 April 1850, aged 27, Invalid Establishment Parramatta https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX236582 https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX236578
Was listed for ticket of leave on 30 Dec 1849 but died in hospital, as per ticket of leave records held by NSW Archives Authority.