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Transportation
Denis Finn Jnr was transported on the St Vincent, departing 13th Sep 1836 and arriving 5th Jan 1837 with 119 passengers.
St Vincent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convicts to NSW, by Peter Mayberry at http://members.pcug.org.au/ |
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Convict Notes
1869, 7 June: Denis FINN per St Vincent, born 1829 [family researcher records show he was baptised on 10 May 1823, so this date of birth is incorrect]; native place Carlow, Ireland; Catholic; labourer; admitted to Parramatta Jail from Parramatta Police Office for drunkenness – fine of 10/- or 5 days’ imprisonment; discharged 7 June, fine paid (see NSW Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Admission Book, Parramatta 1863-1873). 1869, 16 November: Denis FINN from Tenterfield is admitted to Darlinghurst Jail, for cutting and wounding; 6 months’ sentence; released on 23 July 1870 at expiration of his sentence (see NSW Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Entrance Book, Darlinghurst, 1869-1871). Is this "our" Denis Finn? 1870: Denis FINN Jnr, 42 [should be 45], admitted to Darlinghurst Jail. He is a convict, 5’8”, brown hair and eyes; cannot read or write (see NSW Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Description Book, Darlinghurst 1869-1871). OTHER: There are other records of the life of Denis FINN Jnr that could be included here, such as his marriage to Anne Beales in 1853 - registered at Bathurst - and the births of their nine children. Those details I will leave to his descendants to make public, if they so wish. My interest began with a notation on Irish Convicts to NSW that indicated there were at least four members of the Finn family transported to NSW in the 1830s - father and son Denis Finn Snr and Jnr on the St Vincent; mother of Denis Jnr and wife of Denis Snr, Jane Finn, on the Margaret (1837); and Patrick Finn, son of Denis Snr and Jane Finn, on the Earl Grey in 1836. That Denis Snr, Jane and Denis Jnr should be transported for seven years for the same, single crime - stealing a cloak - seems extremely harsh. That this sentence left three teenage daughters behind in Ireland, without parents or siblings, seems abominable.
1837, 5 January: Denis FINN Jnr, 12, arrives per St Vincent; prisoner No 37-136, cannot read or write, Catholic, single, native place Carlow, errand boy; stealing a cloak; tried at Wexford, 7 July 1836; sentenced to 7 years; no previous convictions; 4’7”, ruddy and freckled complexion, brown hair, blue eyes; scar on top of forehead, near back of left thumb. Son of prisoner No 37-69 (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Non-Annotated Printed Indentures 1837). 1837: General Muster – Denis FINN Jnr, 12, is assigned to James Brown at Strath Allan (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; NSW; General muster D-J 1837).
1836, 18 May: Denis FINN Jnr, 12, while awaiting trial for larceny at Co Wexford, on 7 July 1836, is detained on board the hulk “Essex” (see Ireland-Australia transportation database at http://findingaids.nationalarchives.ie/).