Summary
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Voyage
Transportation
Bridget Kelly was transported on the Andromeda, departing 30th Nov 1833 and arriving 17th Sep 1834 with 176 passengers.
Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.
Andromeda (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Index to Colonial Secretary Letters Received. Letter No 35/4292. 1835. Letter received 10 June 1835, Female Factory 8 June 1835, To the Colonial Secretary. Sir, I have the honor to transmit to you particulars of 18 Eighteen childen attached to this establishment, who are of age for Admission to the male and Female King’s Orphan Schools. Signed, Ann Gordan, Matron. James Kelly, age 3 years, Born Ireland, Baptised, Ireland. Mother: Bridget Kelly, per Andromeda.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Bridget Kelly, age on arrival, 31, per Andromeda II (3), 1834, Tried 1833, Tipperary, 7 years, for stealing tobacco. DOB, 1803, Native place, Galway. Widow, 1 child, plus 1 male aged 3 on board. Catholic. All work. Female Factory Parramatta.