Bridget Edwards

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Summary

Born
Jan 1824
Conviction
Stealing Wearing Apparel
Departure
Jun 1849
Arrival
Sep 1849
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Bridget Edwards
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1824
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Country servant
Aliases: Bridget O'donnell [Married]

Crime

Convicted at: County Clare
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 26th Jun 1849
Arrival: 29th Sep 1849
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Bridget Edwards was transported on the Australasia, departing 26th Jun 1849 and arriving 29th Sep 1849 with 203 passengers.

Built 1847 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 500 Tons. Passenger/transportee's are currently being listed (incomplete at this date)

AustralasiaAustralasia (generic)

References

Primary Sourcehttps://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1389887

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Convict Notes

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 9th March 2026

1852 - 21 September 1852. Ticket of Leave. Revoked 25 October 1853. 1853 - 13 March 1853. Delivered of and illegitimate child at the Cascade Factory. 1853 - MARRIAGE PERMISSIONS Name: Edwards, Bridget. Ship/free: Australasia Marriage to: O'donnell, Thomas. Ship/free: London Permission date: 28 Aug 1853 CON52/1/6 1854 - MARRIAGE PERMISSIONS Name: Edwards, Bridget. Ship/free: Australasia Marriage to: O'donnell, Thomas. Ship/free: Free Permission date: 7 Apr 1854 CON52/1/7 Page 344 1854 - 18 April 1854. Marriage with Thos O'Donnell approved 1854 - MARRIAGE. Date of marriage: 13 May 1854 Bridget aged 35 years & Thomas aged 38 or 28 years

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on 17th June 2025

Name: Edwards, Bridget Record Type: Convicts Employer: Davis, John: 1852 Freeman, Joseph: 1852 Herbertson, A.: 1852 Departure date: 26 Jun 1849 Departure port: Dublin Ship: Australasia Place of origin: Galway Origin location: Latitude and Longitude Voyage number: 314 Index number: 21266 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1389887 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1389887