Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Bridget Higgins was transported on the Australasia, departing 26th Jun 1849 and arriving 29th Sep 1849 with 203 passengers.
Built 1847 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 500 Tons. Passenger/transportee's are currently being listed (incomplete at this date)
Australasia (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859 Home Office: Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania;(The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO10, Pieces 31, 52-64); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. |
Claims
"Bridget Higgins alias Julia Murray 1831-1864 is 3rd great-grandmother through Julia Ann Skinner"
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Convict Notes
Name: Higgins, Bridget Record Type: Convicts Employer: Bounday, John: 1850 Baxter, Howell: 1854 Departure date: 26 Jun 1849 Departure port: Dublin Ship: Australasia Place of origin: Galway Origin location: Latitude and Longitude Voyage number: 314 Index number: 32610 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1401556 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1401556
Changed name after marriage to Frederick Francis Murray in Tasmania, 1959 to Julia Murray and then with her new husband and children immigrated to New Zealand under this new name arriving near Auckland, New Zealand in November 1859. Source: Shipping Intelligence. PORT OF AUCKLAND. DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS, VOLUME XVI, ISSUE 1272, 25 NOVEMBER 1859, PAGE 2
Bridget formed a de facto relationship with a James Skinner - his real name is James Gardner and he had a noted speech impediment that may have contributed to Gardner sounding like Skinner. He was from Wilberforce in NSW. Historical records as well as DNA matches on Ancestry.com support this claim...
Biography of Bridget Higgins: Name: Bridget Higgins (also known as Julia Murray, Bridget Skinner) Gender: Female Birth: About December 1831 in County Galway, Ireland Alternative Births: 1832 in County Galway, Ireland 1832 in Grangegorman Female Prison, County Galway, Ireland (according to prison record) Criminal Trial and Record: Arrested on December 9, 1848, in Galway Town, Galway, Ireland, for stealing wearable apparel (Trousers) from a residence Convicted in July 1849 at the age of 18 Sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia Arrival: 1849 in Tasmania, Australia Height: 4 feet 10 1/2 inches with a freckled complexion, black hair, and light hazel-colored eyes Religion: Roman Catholic (according to prison records) Residence: Galway Town, Ireland (indicative location based on details of criminal trial) Employment: Employed on December 17, 1850, upon arrival in Tasmania on the ship Australasia Employment recorded in Tasmania, Australia Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899 for Bridget Higgins Employment Registers of the employment of probation passholders, 1848-1857 Engagement: August 26, 1851, in Tasmania, Australia Engaged to Thomas Walker (1817–1852) Marriage Permission: August 26, 1851, in Tasmania, Australia Marriage: September 22, 1851, in Morven, Tasmania Married Thomas Walker (1817–1852) Children with Thomas Walker: John Walker/Murray (1852–) Death of Thomas Walker on May 18, 1852, in Richmond, Tasmania, Australia De Facto Relationship: Formed a de facto relationship with James Skinner in approximately 1854 in Stringybark Forest near Longford, Tasmania Children with James Skinner: Julia Ann Skinner (1856–1922) James Skinner Jnr (1857–1857) James Skinner Jnr (approximately 1857) Skinner (1858–) Marriage: September 5, 1859, in Launceston, Tasmania Married Francis/Frederick Murray Snr (1838–) Children with Francis/Frederick Murray Snr: Francis Thomas Murray (1860–) Mary Ann Murray (1862–1941) Death: April 26, 1864, in Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand Bridget Higgins was murdered by her husband, Frederick (aka Francis) Murray, who was charged and convicted with manslaughter He was sentenced to six years imprisonment Sources: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18640606.2.15 Ancestry sources: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922; Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949; Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981; Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859; New Zealand, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1840-1902; New Zealand, Civil Registration Death Index, 1840-1972; Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; UK, Criminal Records, 1780-1871. Web links: Digital Panopticon - Arrived in Australia on September 29, 1849