Summary
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Voyage
Transportation
Alice Hallisey was transported on the Mexborough, departing 12th Aug 1841 and arriving 26th Dec 1841 with 147 passengers.
DEC. 26 - Arrived the barque Mexborough, 376 tons, Bridgman master, from Kingston (Dublin) 12th Aug., with 143 female convicts and 35 children. Surgeon Superintendent- Dr. Hampton, R.N. Passengers- Mary Penner, Mary and Jane Carroll, Ann Fox and 5 children, Hannah Murphy and 2 children, Jane and Catharine Nowlan. Colonial Times, 28 Dec 1841.
Mexborough (generic)References
| Primary Source | Van Diemen’s Land Return of Male and Female Convicts shewing their distribution throughout the Colony on the 31 st December 1841 (AJCP, HO 10/51) |
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Convict Notes
Alice Hallisey was 42 years old on arrival in VDL and was transported for ‘Stealing 2 shirts from a {Judge} I committed this crime in order to follow my Husband’. Have not located her husband, he could have been sent to NSW). Alice was 5’0 3/4” tall, brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, scar across nose. Native place was Tipperary. 9/8/1843: Permission to marry John Hawkins (free) – no registration. 7/1/1845: TOL 6/4/1845: Permission to marry William Tomlinson (Prince of Orange) – no registration. No date of death found.
Convicted 29/4/1841.