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Transportation
Catherine Fogarty/Hennessy was transported on the Asia 1, departing 10th Sep 1829 and arriving 13th Jan 1830 with 202 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Certificate of Freedom 39/1022 dated 23 July 1839 at NSW State Records ancestry.com.au (Parker Family) Convict Ship Asia 1830:https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_asia_1830.htm |
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Catherine (Convict "ASIA 1" 1830) married: John Cain(Kane) (Convict - "Brampton") Known Children: All Buried under surname "CAIN" - Joseph Thomas Cain, John Cain, Mary Catherine Panton (nee Cain), Eliza Condon(nee Cain), Edward Cain, William Cain, George Cain. Catherine Died - 2nd November 1862 - Reg. Balmain, Sydney, NSW Australia. Parents of Catherine: Richard Hennessy (Convict-Mangles 2) Mary Hennessy (nee Fogarty)




SISTER; Mary Hennessey. On Board. Refer Indent No; 179. Noted against name; SISTER to 175 Indent No; 175. Catherine Fogarty. Per; Warrants of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.




Catherine Fogarty/Hennessey sailed on the 'Asia I' convict ship departing Ireland 14 Sep 1829 and arriving in Port Jackson, New South Wales 13 Jan 1830. She is listed as Catherine Fogarty age 14. It is noted that she is aboard with her sister Mary Hennessey age 30.
Prisoner No 30/171 Name Catherine Fogarty Ship Asia 1 Year 1830 Native Place Clomnell Trade or Calling Servant Offence Stealing Clothes Place of Trial Tipperary Ireland Date of Trial Spring 1829 Sentence Seven years transportation Year of Birth 1815 Height 5 foot 1/2 inches Complexion Ruddy freckled and pockpitted Hair Brown Eyes Grey General Remarks None The ships indents have Catherine listed as Fogarty and the Clomnell Herald 1829 has her as Mary Hennessy's niece, Catherine is Mary's sister with her father Richard Hennessy and mother Mary Fogarty. Catherine Fogarty married John Kane/Keane in the Abercrombie District, Bathurst on 4 Sept 1832 V1832169 16/1832. John and Catherine had 8 children between 1832 and 1847. Her date of death is unknown.