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Jane Gardiner was transported on the Hooghley, departing 24th Jun 1831 and arriving 27th Sep 1831 with 186 passengers.
The Hooghley was built in London in 1819. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Hooghley in 1825, 1828, 1831 and 1834. 1831 Voyage - Hooghley. Shipping; Intelligence. ARRIVALS. From Cork, on Tuesday last, whence she sailed the 24th June last, the ship, Hooghley,309 tons, Captain Reeves, with- 184 female prisoners. Surgeon superintendent, James Ellis, Esq. this vessel brings out ten free settlers and 20 children, as steerage passengers. Source; The Sydney Herald. Mon 3 Oct 1831. Page 4. Shipping Intelligence.
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Convict Notes
Jane McCrea and Jane Gardiner, for stealing from the person of Andrew Stewart, bank notes to the value of, ? the property of Messrs Hemphill, Hunter, and McFarland, Londonderry, and, a second indictment, for that they, same time and place, did steal from the person the said Andrew Stewart, silver watch, his own property. It appeared in evidence, that the prisoners met Andrew Stewart the night in question took his arms and asked him to treat them, which said he would; immediately after had left them, he discovered that his watch had been taken from him, and then, together with a watchman whom he met, he went in search of them; they found them standing at corner of the Diamond, took them into custody, and upon searching them, they found, on Jane McCrea, notes to the amount of £74, and the watch on the prisoner, Gardiner; had not missed the notes before they were got on McCrea, but then found that all had been taken, (£100 in notes); identified both the prisoners; was not drunk at the time. Guilty of stealing the watch—to be transported seven years. Londonderry Sentinel, 10 April 1830.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Jane Gardiner, alias Gardner, age on arrival, 22, per Hooghly (3) 1831, Tried at Londonderry, 1830, 7 years, for Stealing watch money. DOB, 1809, Native place, Tyrone. Single, Catholic. Trade: Dressmaker.