Mary Downes

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Mary Downes
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1814
Occupation:	Laundress
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 53 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing a watch
Convicted at:	Limerick
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Thomas Harrison
Departure date:	19th February, 1836
Arrival date:	9th June, 1836
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 111 other convicts

References

Primary source:	New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Annotated Printed Indentures 1836
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Community Contributions

Tony Beale on 20th September, 2020 wrote:

From Co Clare age 22 roman catholic single could not read or write 4’ 9” ruddy and freckled dark brown hair and brown eyes

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts’ Applications to Marry, 1826-1851
Refused 1839 Mary Downes 25 bond per ship Thomas Harrison (7yrs) to marry William Bashford 38 free per ship Gilmore (7yrs) Thomas Hassell Narellan. Refused as “no such person on the Gilmore” 22/8/1839. It appears to be granted on 7/10/1839

NSW BDMs
348/1839 V1839348 23 B BASHFORD WILLIAM DOWNES MARY CR ( CR equals Narellan District)

Convict Changes History

Tony Beale on 20th September, 2020 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Annotated Printed Indentures 1836 (prev. ), firstname: Mary, surname: Downes, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1814, date of death: 0