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Voyage
Transportation
William Driscoll 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 | New South Wales, Convict Records, Wives and Families of Convicts on Bounty Ships, 1832-1834 |
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Convict Notes
National Archives, Ireland. Ireland – Australia Database. William Driscoll. Trial Place, Co Cork, 1830. Doc Date; 22/10/1835. Doc Ref: FS 1835 List 6. List of Free Settlers (convicts wives with their children) for whom a free passage has been provided on board the Roslyn Castle to New South Wales. Wife’s name Mary Hogan.
CORRECTION Please disregard last entry.
National Archives, Ireland. Ireland – Australia Database. James Ryan. Trial Place, Dublin, 1823. Doc Date; 22/10/1835. Doc Ref: FS 1835 List 6. List of Free Settlers (convicts wives with their children) for whom a free passage has been provided on board the Roslyn Castle to New South Wales. Wife’s name Catherine Birmingham.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. William Driscoll, age on arrival, 30, per Andromeda II (1) (1830). Tried at Cork, 1830, 7 years for Stealing ass. DOB, 1800, Native place, Cork. Married, 2 children, Catholic, Trade, Ploughman shearer reaper sower.
New South Wales, Convict Records, Wives and Families of Convicts on Bounty Ships, 1832-1834 William Driscoll. . Ship; Andromeda, 1830. Sentence; 7 years Petition Date; 25th February 1834. Petitioners Standing No; 30/2431 Wife’s Maiden Name; Mary Hogan Present Residence; Ireland County; Cork Town or Parish; Black Rock nears city Cork Children; Ellen Driscoll. Age; 6 years Anastastia Driscoll. Age;4 years