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Transportation
James Houlahan was transported on the Mangles, departing 21st Jun 1822 and arriving 8th Nov 1822 with 190 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Find A Grave Memorial ID: 50165794. NSW Gov Records. Irish Convicts. |
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Convict Notes
James Houlahan, age 25, Offence: Insurrection and firing on King’s troops. Life. Tried Cork Co. Special Commission 1821. Trade, Servant. (From Indent) Irish Rebel.
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Buried in Wollombi Catholic cemetery, NSW. Married Mary Cagney, daughter of convict, Thomas Cagney. They had 11 children
Born - Newmarket Cork County Ireland. James married Margaret Stannard in the Catholic Church, Newmarket, and they had a son, John, born in 1822. He was baptised on the 9th June 1822. He was charged with “insurrection and firing on the King’s troops” (Lord Bantry) and was sentenced by a special commission at Spring Assizes in county Cork. 1828 Censes - Assigned to Captain Francis Allman of Rath Luba, Wallis Plains (now Maitland). His occupation was dairyman. In 1836, James made an application to remarry, “stating he was now a widower”, but this was refused. However, it is reported James remarried on 24th September, 1839, in the Presbyterian Church, St. Andrews, in Singleton, NSW. It appears his first wife, Margaret died in Ireland in 1839. His new wife was Mary Cagney,aged 21, daughter of Thomas Cagney, the convict. Mary had arrived as a free settler with her mother, Margaret, to join her father. James was granted a conditional pardon in 1839. He and Mary eventually, settled in the Wollombi area, and had 11 children. James died on 13th June, 1880, on the property of the Blaxlands Arms, Wollombi. James is buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Wollombi.