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Voyage
Transportation
Denis Ferns was transported on the Parmelia, departing 29th Oct 1833 and arriving 2nd Mar 1834 with 90 passengers.
2 voyages carrying convict passengers - 1832 & 1833/34. Please note that the 1833/34 register of persons is not complete on this web site. Recorded as having 196 prisoners. 2 people died (of cholera prior to leaving England - John Wilson, soldier and Thomas Hopkins, convict. 2 more died during the voyage - Roger Sims and John Sullivan.
Parmelia (generic)References
| Primary Source | http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi. State Records Authority, Kingswood, NSW, Australia; Card Index to Letters Received, Colonial Secretary; Reel Number: 791; Roll Number: 1250. Public Records Office, NSW, Pardons, HO 10/54 |
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Convict Notes




16 July 1833 - Trial 1834 - Pardon - No. 1880 1841 - England Census, Public Records Office, NSW, Pardons, 1842-1845, HO 10/53 - No.2147 1847 - Conditional Pardon No. 1880 1 February 1849 - Conditional Pardon No. 49/418 aged 44




Denis Ferns was 29 years old on arrival in NSW. He was transported for 'Burglary/Robbery'. Denis was a widower with 1 child and 1 female child. 1844: TOL Queanbeyan 1/2/1849: CP Found no mention of him after his CP.