Elizabeth Kenny

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Summary

Born
Jan 1829
Conviction
Stealing fowls (chickens/ducks)
Departure
Jun 1849
Arrival
Sep 1849
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Elizabeth Kenny
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1829
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Country servant
Aliases: Eliza, Westlake (Married)

Crime

Convicted at: Ireland. Kildare
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 26th Jun 1849
Arrival: 29th Sep 1849
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Elizabeth Kenny was transported on the Australasia, departing 26th Jun 1849 and arriving 29th Sep 1849 with 203 passengers.

Built 1847 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 500 Tons. Passenger/transportee's are currently being listed (incomplete at this date)

AustralasiaAustralasia (generic)

References

Primary SourceVDL Founders & Survivors Convicts The Convict Letter Writer by Alice Meredith Hodgson

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Convict Notes

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 16th March 2026

CON41-1-24 Image 107 Stealing 6 geese 1895 - POSSIBLE Death Record of Westlake, Thomas Age: 75. Date of death: 25 Apr 1895. Cause of Death; Pneumonia Died in Hospital, born England. Registered: Launceston

C H avatar
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on 17th June 2025

Name: Kenny, Elizabeth Record Type: Convicts Employer: Drury, Richard: 1851 Carns, Robert William: 1851 Galway, Edward: 1851 Departure date: 26 Jun 1849 Departure port: Dublin Ship: Australasia Place of origin: Kildare Origin location: Latitude and Longitude Voyage number: 314 Index number: 39772 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1408914 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1408914

Sarah Godfrey avatar
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on 14th July 2023

Trade: country servant & dairyman Permission to marry 2 Jul 1851 to Frederick Spencer, free (referred 8/7 to PM Hobart, 4/7 to Supt, Brickfields Hiring Depot & 18/7 to woman) She was punished to 6 months hard labour at Ross Female Factory having been found with Thomas Westlake, a Rosedale groom in the laundry of her master's premises at the nearby homestead Stoney Creek. 2 records of absconding in 1855 from her authorised place of residence at Campbell Town (possibly running away to see her husband at Rosedale), Permission to marry 31 Dec 1852 - Thomas Westlake (Ratcliffe). Married 7 Jan 1853 at Campbell Town. Certificate of Freedom 1856 having served her time