Thomas Kelly

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Summary

Born
Jan 1820
Conviction
Stealing clothes
Departure
Sep 1842
Arrival
Jan 1843
Death
Nov 1855
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Personal Information

Name: Thomas Kelly
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1820
Death: 25th Nov 1855
Age at death: 35
Aliases: Mckane

Crime

Convicted at: Ireland, Dublin
Sentence term: 15 years

Voyage

Departed: 22nd Sep 1842
Ship: Navarino
Arrival: 10th Jan 1843
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Thomas Kelly was transported on the Navarino, departing 22nd Sep 1842 and arriving 10th Jan 1843 with 181 passengers.

Built 1808. 493 tons. Several voyages to Australia with convict transportees. Registers of persons currently being updated - not complete as yet. 1840-1841. Departed Dublin 5th.Sept 1842. Arrived Hobart appx 10th Jan 1843. Sailed with 260 convicts including between 40-50 women,girls & children loaded at Kingstown Harbor. Capt A Warning.

NavarinoNavarino (generic)

References

Primary SourceNAME_INDEXES:1408600 Conduct Record: CON33/1/34 Description List: CON18/1/35 Indent: CON14/1/16 Pages 208-209. CON17/1/3 Page 54

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 13th July 2025

Navarino Indent: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-16/CON14-1-16P209 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-16/CON14-1-16P210 Thomas Kelly or Kean, tried at Dublin, 13 Aug 1842, 15 years. Age 22, 5ft 9in. Catholic, cannot read nor write, Single. Offence: Burglary, pr Catherine Brannagan, & stealing clothes money. Surgeon’s report: For frequently fighting, repeatedly chained. Trade, Labourer. Native place, Co. Down. Remarks: F, Thomas. M, Catherine. Dublin. Thomas Kelly, alias M‘Kane, burglary—fifteen years' transportation, ... Weekly Freeman’s Journal, 13 Aug 1842.

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 11th September 2024

Place of origin: Down No; 8273 Trade; Labourer then Sawyer Aged; 22 years old Offence; Stealing clothes & money 1854 - Saltwater River Insane Asylum. Admission dates: 9 Jun 1854. Epilepsy [violent] and very frequent & of long duration 1855 - DIED, at Impression Bay; 25 Nov 1855