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Transportation
James Erwin was transported on the Eliza, departing 10th May 1832 and arriving 6th Sep 1832 with 196 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
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Convict Notes
James Irwin, for stealing five sheep, at Ballyragrane, on the 18th December, the property of David Fitzgerald: — Guilty. Limerick Evening post, 6 March 1832. RULES AND SENTENCES ON’ PRISONERS REMAINING AFTER SPRING ASSIZE 1832. … James Erwin, sheep stealing—to be transported for seven years…. Limerick Chronicle, 14 March 1832. Wednesday an order was received to send the following convicts from the County Limerick Gaol to the Surprise Hulk at Cork, previous to proceeding to Botany Bay— ... .. Ryan, Henry Wingle, Ed. Kennedy, James Erwin, Daniel Molony, John Hickey, William Brennan, John M‘Connell, James Barrett and Thomas Brohan, convicts in the City Limerick Gaol, are also directed to be forthwith sent to the hulk Surprise, at Cove. Limerick Evening Post, 6 April 1832.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. James Erwin, alias Irvin, age on arrival, 28, per Eliza II (4)(1832), Tried 1832 at Limerick, 7 years for Stealing sheep. DOB, 1804. Native place, Limerick. Catholic. Single. Ploughman labourer reaper sower.