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Transportation
Cornelius Kenney was transported on the Dorothy, departing 5th May 1820 and arriving 29th Sep 1820 with 193 passengers.
Built In Liverpool in 1815. Transported Male only prisoners from Ireland
Dorothy (generic)References
| Primary Source | 1. Journal of Robert Espie, Dorothy’s Surgeon Superintendent, 1820; and The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 2 Jan, 1836, p4 2. NSW Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851; and NSW Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870 3. NSW Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870 4. NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849 ----------------- 5. NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Bound Indentures 1820-1821 6. NSW Tickets of |
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Convict Notes
OTHER: 1820, 1 June: He is on a list of convicts who were "unironed" during the voyage to NSW (see Journal of Robert Espie, Dorothy’s Surgeon, 1820, 1 June). 1820, 14 June: Received 26 lashes as alleged leader of a gang of nine in a foiled mutiny aboard the “Dorothy” (see Journal of Robert Espie, Dorothy’s Surgeon, 1820). 1821: Cornelius Kenney, aged 26, a mason and bricklayer for 3 years, is 5’4” with a sallow complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes. He was convicted in Cork. [Note: A note below his name is indistinct except for the word Bathurst.] (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Bound Indentures 1820-1821). 1822, 27 June: Assigned on to Mr Chambers, Sydney (see NSW Convict Records, 1810-1891, Alphabetical List of Assigned Convicts, Non-Mechanics, 1822-1824). 1830, 27 December: Granted Ticket of Leave by the Sydney Bench. He is allowed to remain in the District of Sydney. Notation, dated 1837: This document was subsequently torn up when he was issued with a Conditional Pardon (see NSW Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869, Ticket of leave butts, Jun 1830-Feb 1831). 1833, 8 October: Cornelius Kenney (39; life; “Dorothy”; Ticket of Leave) and Mary Mahony (26; 7 years; “Surry (6)”; bond) lodge an application, and are granted permission to marry. A Conditional Pardon is also ordered for him (see NSW Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851). 1833, 1 November: He is granted a Conditional Pardon. He is a mason and bricklayer, from Cork, Ireland, and was born in 1794 (39 years old). He is 5’4”, with a dark, ruddy complexion, brown hair going grey and bald and has bluish eyes. He has two scars on top of his forehead and an impediment in his speech (see NSW Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870). 1836, 2 January in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, p4; and NSW Government Gazette, 30 Dec 1835, p947: A notice from the Principal Superintendent of Convicts' Office, 28 Dec, 1835, to holders of Conditional Pardons, that pardons are available for delivery upon “payment of the fees due”. On the list is Cornelius KENNY [sic]. 1838: A Cornelius KENNY makes a donation of £1 pound to complete plastering of Saint Mary’s Cathedral in St Mary’s Road, Sydney (see The Australian, 6 Mar 1838, p4).
ALIAS: KENNY (see Journal of Robert Espie, Dorothy’s Surgeon Superintendent, 1820; and The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 2 Jan, 1836, p4). Birth: 1794 (see NSW Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851; and NSW Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870). Occupation: Mason and bricklayer (see NSW Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870). Native place: Cork, Ireland (see NSW Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870). Crime: Life for forgery of stamps, convicted Cork City, Lent 1820 (see NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849).