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Voyage
Transportation
James Donovan was transported on the Andromeda, departing 28th Aug 1830 and arriving 18th Dec 1830 with 71 passengers.
Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.
Andromeda (generic)References
| Primary Source | Certificate of Freedom notes that James came on the Andromeda https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX235015 Marriage registration 1597/1842 Death registration 13313/1889 |
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Convict Notes
James Donovan was indicted for stealing sheep, the property of Daniel Hogan— Guilty. To be transported for seven years. Cork Constitution, 1 April 1830.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. James Donovan, age on arrival, 23, per Andromeda II , 1830. Tried 1830, at Cork, 7 years for stealing sheep. DOB, 1807, native place, Cork Co. Single. Catholic. Trade, Labourer reaper sower.
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