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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Gibbons was transported on the City Of Edinburgh 2, departing 23rd Jun 1828 and arriving 12th Nov 1828 with 12 passengers.
Sailed from Cohb Harbour - County Cork - 18 March 1832 Arrived Sydney 27 June 1832 139 Convict Males from Ireland only ...Captain Wade
City Of Edinburgh 2 (generic)References
| Primary Source | http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ Registration 4243/1869 (death) Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry.com. Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. |
Claims
"Mary Gibbons is my 4th great-grandmother through her daughter Mary Scholastica Randall on my mother's side."
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Convict Notes
Mary was convicted of stealing a sheep together with MARGARET MARA, aged 48, a mother of 8 children. They were both transported for 7 years on the ship City of Edinburgh, and both spent a good deal of their sentences at the Parramatta Female Factory. Mary Gibbons was not married to JOHN MARA but MARGARET MARA was married to him. This error on Mary Gibbons's indent was later corrected by the colonial administration. Mary and her husband, Thomas Randall were well respected members of the Parramatta and Smithfield districts.
From WikiTree: Mary GIBBONS - 'City of Edinburgh' - 1828 Abode: Parramatta Children: John 1830 - 1857 born in Parramatta Female Factory Rebecca 1835 - 1887 m George WELLER in 1853 at Parramatta Mary Scolastica 1838 - 1879 m Frederick SAUNDERS in 1855 at Parramatta Bernard Thomas 1842 - 1897 m Ada KINGSTON in 1875 at Spring Ridge William 1844 - 1920 m Helen SHEPHERD in 1899 at Sydney Henry 1846 - ? m Ellen JOHNSON? in 1870 at Orange Thomas RANDALL and Mary were convicts. Mary was born in 1803 in Ireland. She had been a farm servant and was convicted for stealing a sheep. She was married to John MARA, a farmer of County Tipperary. At her trial in Tipperary in 1827 Mary was convicted and sentenced to be transported for seven years.She went on the City of Edinburgh in 1828. She is described as being five feet tall, having brown hair, brown eyes, and a 'ruddy and freckled' complexion.She was not a model prisoner! She received 'six weeks third class' at the Parramatta Female Factory for repeated insolence, and three further convictions. Source http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Mary-Scholastica/1175219691 Mary Gibbons Details Alias: Irish Rebel: Religion: Catholic Age on arrival: 25 Marital status: Single Calling/trade: Servant farm Born: 1803 Native place: Tipperary Tried: 1827 Tipperary Sentence: 7 Former convictions: Ship: City of Edinburgh (1) [1828] Crime: Stealing sheep certificate of freedom 20 Oct 1834 Convict marriage granted 10 Dec 1834 IL
Mary was sent to the Parramatta workhouse. She was granted her Certificate of Freedom on 20th Oct 1834 and granted Permission to Marry on 11th November 1834. She married another convict, Thomas Randall on 20th Dec 1834 and died at Liverpool NSW 22nd Oct 1869.