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Witty Donohue

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Summary

Born
Jan 1829
Conviction
Stealing flannel
Departure
Jun 1849
Arrival
Sep 1849
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Witty Donohue
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1829
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Country servant
Aliases: Whitty Ottaway [Married]

Crime

Crime: Stealing flannel
Convicted at: County Clare
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 26th Jun 1849
Ship: Australasia
Arrival: 29th Sep 1849
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Witty Donohue was transported on the Australasia, departing 26th Jun 1849 and arriving 29th Sep 1849 with 203 passengers.

Built 1847 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 500 Tons. Passenger/transportee's are currently being listed (incomplete at this date)

AustralasiaAustralasia (generic)

References

Primary Sourcehttps://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1387967

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Convict Notes

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 4th March 2026

The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) View title info Thu 21 Jul 1864. Page 2 . THE MERCURY.

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
338
on 10th February 2026

CON41-1-24 Image 60 No; 669. Aged; 20 years old, Country Servant. 1852 - 9 Nov 1852. Ticket of Leave. 1854 - MARRIAGE PERMISSIONS Name: Donohue, Witty. Ship/free: Australasia Marriage to: Ottoway, Charles. Ship/free: Mount Stewart Elphinstone Permission date: 11 Jan 1854. CON52/1/7 Page 344 1854 - 7 Feb 1854. Marriage with Charles Ottaway approved. 1854 - MARRIAGE; Date of marriage: 27 Feb 1854 Donahue, Witty. Aged; 20 years old Spouse: Ottaway, Charles. Aged; 32 years old Registered: Hobart. RGD37/1/13 no 310 1855 - BIRTH OF Ottaway, Charles William. Father: Ottaway, Charles. Mother: Donohoe, Catherine ** Date of birth: 25 May 185. Registered: Hobart. RGD33/1/6/ no 88 1856 - Certificate. Herself. 5 May 1856. 1859 - BIRTH of Ottoway, Adelaide. Date of birth: 17 Jul 1859 Registered: Hobart. RGD32/1/4 no 5423 DIED; Date of death: 11 Sep 1859, Lower Collins Street. Cause of death; Hooping cough. RGD35/1/6 no 1696 1861 - BIRTH OF Ottaway, Stephen. Date of birth: 03 Feb 1861 Registered: New Norfolk. RGD33/1/39 no 1649 1864 - DEATH. Name: Ottoway, Charles General Hospital Hobart Ship: Mount Stewart Elphinstone Date of death: 19 Jul 1864. Accidently killed by a mass of stone falling on him. HSD145/1/1 July 1864 1877 - TRIAL; New Norfolk. 20 April 1877. As Attaway. Offence; Larceny, 3 months. 1877 - TRIAL; New Norfolk. 23 Oct 1877. Offence; Larceny. Sentence; 6 months.

C H avatar
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on 17th June 2025

Name: Donohue, Witty Record Type: Convicts Departure date: 26 Jun 1849 Departure port: Dublin Ship: Australasia Place of origin: Galway Origin location: Latitude and Longitude Voyage number: 314 Index number: 19400 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1387967 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1387967