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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Rose Ann Divine was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 16th Jul 1839 and arriving 10th Nov 1839 with 146 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
Mary Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 69 (36) |
| 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
Mary Rose Anne Devine, Born 6 Jul 1818 or 1821, Belfast, Ireland. Mary arrived in Australia 10/11/1839 on board the "Mary Ann" as a convict. She had been sentenced to 7 years for stealing from a warehouse. Her Convict Indent Number was 106. She was tried at Glasgow Court of Judiciary on the 18th April, 1839 aged 18 years. Her occupation was given as Kitchen maid. Her height was 5' 1", complexion ruddy and freckled, hair brown and eyes hazel. She had a scar on the forefinger of the left hand and scars on each side of her forehead. She had 3 former convictions, which resulted in 2 months, 2 months, and 3 months imprisonment. Her papers were marked "To be released into the care of her uncle Francis McMahon (who may had been transported to Australia earlier as a convict? but was definitely in Australia by 1829.) She could read but not write and was believed to have been the first white woman to live in the township of Narrabri, NSW. Mary had a son, who would become to be known as Robert Francis Simpson Facer, in 1841 with fellow Belfast convict Robert Simpson, who was transported in 1824 onboard the Castle Forbes. In 1842 she married English Immigrant, James Facer at Parramatta, whom she had multiple children with. On the 2 February 1872 Mary Roseanne was arrested for discharging a firearm through the bedroom window of a house in the township of Narrabri. She was charged at Narrabri with "Shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm". She was committed for Trial at Narrabri on the 7/2/1872... Also with her was her son-in-law, James Delaney, and an un-named Aboriginal. To date no one seems to know whose bedroom window it was, who was inside and why James Delaney was with her. Mary Roseanne had previously been charged at Narrabri on the 18 May 1868 with "Attempting to stab, cut and wound", she was committed for Trial at Tamworth.
1839 - Indent No; 574 - 39. 106. Trade; Kitchen maid. 3 previous convictions [2 months, 2 months, 3 months] Height; 5 ft 1 1/4 inches Uncle: Francis McMakin arrived from Belfast. 10 years ago