Convict John Donoghue - Convict Records

Summary

Born

Unknown

Conviction

Unknown

Departure

Oct 1819

Arrival

Mar 1820

Death

Unknown

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Personal Information

Name: John Donoghue

Gender: Male

Born: Unknown

Death: Unknown

Age at death: Unknown

Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Unknown

Convicted at: Ireland, Kings County

Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 3rd Oct 1819

Ship: Castle Forbes

Arrival: 4th Mar 1820

Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

John Donoghue was transported on the Castle Forbes, departing 3rd Oct 1819 and arriving 4th Mar 1820 with 143 passengers.

The Castle Forbes was a 439-ton merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. Castle Forbes arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 27 January 1820. After their arrival in Sydney, 136 men were sent on to Van Diemen's Land Colony (now named Tasmania), arriving in Hobart 1 March 1820. 4 men remained in New South Wales and 4 deaths recorded on this voyage. Alexander Pearce (the infamous bushranger) was one of these men. (Incomplete register of persons transported - records are currently being inputted)

Castle Forbes (generic)

References

Primary Source

Tasmanian Archives

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Convict Notes

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on 2nd August 2017

John DONOGHUE was convicted at Kings County, Ireland in the Lent of 1819. 7 yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the 'Castle Forbes' arriving 1820. VDL: 26 May 1820: Assigned to Mr. Kent. Abscond from his Master and robbing him. 200 lashes and to be sent to Newcastle, New South Wales.