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Transportation
Bridget Dwyer was transported on the Mariner, departing 2nd Mar 1825 and arriving 10th Jul 1825 with 115 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
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| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. ADM 101/49/5. Medical and surgical journal of the Mariner convict ship from 30 December 1824 to 15 August 1825. |
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Convict Notes
List of persons applying for the publication of banns, at Sydney, in the Roman Catholic Church, 12th August, 1827; Daniel O'Brien - 37-free— Catherine, Donovan or Hennessy— 19— bond -Thomas Hackett—36— ticket-of-leave— Bridget Dwyer— 24— bond -Joseph Read- 20-free—Mary Ann Mooney—23—bond. (Signed) D. POWER, R. C. C. Approved.— (Signed). R. DARLING. Mr. Powers' List returned, approved by the Governor, with the exception of D. O'Brien and Catherine Hennessy— 10th August, 1827. The Australian, Sydney, 24 Aug 1827.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Bridget Dwyer, age 24, per Mariner (2) 1825, tried at Limerick, 1824, sentence, 7 years, larceny single, trade – milker butter maker. Native of Limerick Co., catholic. DOB 1801. -------------------------------------------------- ADM 101/49/5. Medical and surgical journal of the Mariner convict ship from 30 December 1824 to 15 August 1825 by Harman Cochrane, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed on a voyage to New South Wales. Folios 43-44: Biddy Dwyer, aged 25, convict: disease or hurt, pain in chest, languor and lassitude and general soreness, constipated bowels. Put on sick list, 5 June 1825 at sea. Discharged 24 June 1825. ------------------------------------------------- NSW Census 1828, at Melville in household of George Druit and family, resident at Mount Druitt Nistern Road, Bridget Dwyer, ux. Hibketts ?, age 26, G.S. per Mariner 1826, 7 years, house servant, roman catholic. Also resident in the same household is Thomas Hackett, T.L. roman catholic, age 38, per ship Surry 2, arrived 1816, sentence 14 years, employment - wheelwright. See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G961-W3P2?i=42&cc=2177300&personaUrl=/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXY-52BT Marriage to be found.