Peter Doyle

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 23rd March 2025

1856- Marriage; 1 June 1856 Peter Doyle aged 43 years old, shoemaker and Jane Perry aged 18 years old 1863 - Queen's Orphan School. Application for admission 1 December 1863; Application made by mother. Jane Doyle FATHER Peter Doyle, Residence; Lachlan River, MOTHER Jane Sherwood. Residence; Lachlan River, Native of Colony Remarks; The father has one other child dependent on him for maintenance and is unable to maintain applicants they partial blindness and inability to work Pamela Francis Doyle aged 2 years Adora Doyle aged 4 weeks 1866 - Queen's Orphan School CHILDREN; Amelia Francis Doyle aged 8 years & 10 months Dorah Doyle aged 4 years Application for admission 13 February 1866; FATHER; Peter Doyle, Residence; Lachlan Village, Trade; Shoemaker. Religion; Catholic MOTHER; Jane Perry. Residence; Lachlan Village. Religion; Protestant Remarks; Both parents are in most reduced circumstanes. The father is a tradesman he cannot woark at his living in account of the weak state of his eyes. He is almost blind, He is a sober and well behaved man. The mother is a weak miserable object of little assistance to her husband her & two children, she is little better than an imbecile FRIENDS OF THE ORPHAN SCHOOLS Orphan Number: 1574 Orphan: Ann Frances DOYLE Mother: SHERWOOD/PERRY, Jane Father: DOYLE, Peter Mother's ship: Father's ship: Tortoise Age when admitted: 4mths Date admitted: 4 Dec 1863, 26 Feb 1866 Date discharged: Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School Discharged to: Remarks: mother free, but in Cascade Factory with child 4 Dec 1863 - 2 applications References: SWD26/6, 26/9, 27 https://www.orphanschool.org.au/showorphan.php?orphan_ID=1574 Orphan Number: 1575 Orphan: Dora DOYLE Mother: SHERWOOD/PERRY, Jane Father: DOYLE, Peter Mother's ship: Father's ship: Tortoise Age when admitted: 4yrs Date admitted: 7 Mar 1866 Date discharged: 19 May 1879, 21 May 1892 Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School, St Josephs Orphanage Discharged to: St Joseph's Orphanage, brother Peter Doyle, Lachlan Remarks: mother free, but in Cascade Factory References: SWD26/9, 27,37 52/2,HAP1871/63 https://www.orphanschool.org.au/showorphan.php?orphan_ID=1575 Orphan Number: 1576 Orphan: Jane DOYLE Mother: SHERWOOD/PERRY, Jane Father: DOYLE, Peter Mother's ship: Father's ship: Tortoise Age when admitted: 2yrs Date admitted: 4 Dec 1863, 26 Feb 1866 Date discharged: Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School Discharged to: Remarks: mother free, but in Cascade Factory with child 4 Dec 1863 - 2 applications References: SWD26/6, 26/9, 27 https://www.orphanschool.org.au/showorphan.php?orphan_ID=1576

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Eric Harry Daly on 4th January 2013

Peter Doyle Trade: stonecutter Height: 5' 9" 1/4 Age: 30 Head: long Hair: dark brown Whiskers: brown Visage: long thin Forehead: low narrow Eyebrows: brown Eyes: blue Mouth: narrow Chin: medium Native Place: Carlow, Ireland Remarks: branded "D" on left side Tried: 28 Dec 1837, Bermuda Court martial Sentence: 14 years Tried For: mutinous conduct Roman Catholic, can neither read nor write. Embarked: 30 Aug 1841 Arrived: 19 Feb 1842 Goal Report: thief in the Bermuda's Hulk Report: good single Stated this offence, shooting at a picket at Bermuda i was drunk, absent 8 days, 20 days hard labour, a charge was proffered against me for stealing a ring but i was proved innocent, widower. Surgeons Report: no offences, how employed- general conduct, orderly Remarks: has been a soldier before Period of Probation: 2 years Station Gang: Brown River 21 Jun 1842 17/07/43-hospital to-01/08/43 18/12/44-hospital to-27/02/45 01/09/45-hospital to-21/09/45 Conduct: 1 May 1843: absent from chapel without leave- reprimanded. Released from 1st stage of probation 20 Dec 1844 27 Jan 1845: drunk, 2 weeks hard labour on the roads 2 Jan 1846: misconduct in taking liquor to his masters premises and causing the woman servant to get drunk- 4 months goal with hard labour. 22 Jul 1847: misconduct in causing *__* before they were due- reprimanded. 4 May 1849: neglect of duty- 2 weeks hard labour. Ticket of Leave: 6 Nov 1849 Freedom Certificate: 6 Jan 1852