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Voyage
Transportation
Bridget Kennedy was transported on the Margaret, departing 24th Jan 1837 and arriving 30th May 1837 with 39 passengers.
Built 1829 at Chepstow. 365 tons. Female prisoners were transported to New South Wales on the 'Margaret' in 1837, 1839 and 1840. The 'Margaret' was the last convict ship to transport female prisoners to New South Wales. Another voyage to Van Diemen's Land in 1843. The 1840 sailing also carried 17 free female passengers and one male. The registers of persons is not yet complete on this web site, so please note this if researching. (A work in progress.)
Margaret (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Bridget Kennedy, age 30, per Margaret (1) 1837, Tried at Donegal, 7 years, for stealing clothes. DOB 1807, native place, Donegal, Single, catholic, sister Jane Kennedy arrived per same ship, cousins Thomas Kennedy, John Kennedy, Dominick Kennedy, convicts arrived about 1823. Kitchen maid. ---------------------------------------------------- Convict Application to Marry. William Dibb, alias William Swale, per Duke of Portland (1), age 50; Life; Free; and Bridget Kennedy, per Margaret (1), age 33, 7 years, Bond. Date of Application, 31 Dec 1840, Parramatta, Revd. H. H. Bobart. ------------------------------------------------------- Convict index, 1791-1873. Bridget Kennedy, per Margaret 1837, Certificate of Freedom, 15 Jan 1844, 44/0050. TL 41/2701; wife of William Dibb, per Duke of Portland (1807), ticket of leave (as stated on her CF).