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Catherine Dillon was transported on the Edward, departing 1st Jan 1829 and arriving 26th Apr 1829 with 178 passengers.
Built 1806 in Bristol, England. 406 tons. 4 voyages to Australia from Britain transporting convicts. Please note some registers of person are not yet complete - a work in progress. ************** 1829 - Edward arrived from Ireland in Sydney Cove; 26 April 1829. Female Convict Ship; Commander; Gilbert. Surgeon Superintendent; William C Watt M.D. Muster held on Board; 28 April 1829. Mustered; 174. Died on Voyage; 3. Total; 177
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Convict Notes
Warrants of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1828, Edward. Indent No; 41. Age; 27. Height; 5 ft 2 3/4 in Complexion; Sallow Hair; Brown Eyes; Hazel
From the Medical Journal of the Edward, by Surgeon William C. Watts: The second fatal termination was a case of apoplexy. (This was thirty six year old Catherine Dillon who died on 18 January). The subject a poor unfortunate creature who at one period had moved in a rather superior circle, she from all I could learn from her fellow prisoners had been in a state bordering upon idiotism from the date of her sentence and she died, I have no doubt from effusion of having taken place into the ventricles or on the surface of the brain; this I should much liked to have ascertained by a post mortem examination but such a proceeding under the circumstances under which I was placed surrounded by so many weak superstitious beings, and at that particular period full of the prejudices of their country appeared to me to be an exceedingly imprudent measure.
Catherine Dillon died on the voyage of the 'Edward' 1829 (ref. Ship Surgeon's journal) on 18/01/1829 - aged 36yrs. Cause of death - apoplexy.