Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Catherine Kewley was transported on the Brothers, departing 20th Nov 1823 and arriving 5th Apr 1824 with 91 passengers.
Brothers (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 108 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Whilst in Lancaster Castle, Catherine was recorded as ''Says she was born at Ballmakenny near Drogheda, Ireland, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair, thin face, small mouth, single. Has been in Liverpool for three years. Pregnant with her brother in law's child. Sister is Margaret Kelly who is now in Millbank. Death sentence reprieved". Reformer Elizabeth Fry recorded witnessing that 'Eleven women from Lancaster were sent to the ship 'iron-hooped round their legs and arms, and chained to each other. The complaints of these women were very mournful, they were not allowed to get up or down from the coach without the whole being dragged together; some of them had children to carry, they received no help, or alleviation to their suffering.' Catherine came onboard with her new baby, it was extremely emaciated due to lack of nourishment. She was described as indolent and didn't have much milk by the ship's surgeon. Despite the 'hospital woman' taking care of the baby, it died on Christmas Eve 1823. In Van Diemen's Land, Catherine married convict Joseph Southall (Countess of Harcourt) in February 1827 at Hobart and she can be seen in musters in 1832, 35 and 41. Catherine eventually received a ticket of leave in 1845 but this was revoked in 1853. It is not clear what happened at this stage.
Holywell Bank Forgery.—On Saturday week, Margaret Boyle and Catherine Kewley were committed to Lancaster, charged with uttering forged notes of the Holywell Bank. From a slight information, the nefarious practice was traced, through all its ramifications, to the satisfactory identity of the prisoners; and the first information which the banker at Holywell had of the business was from one of the notes transmitted to him from the Liverpool Police-office. Few discoveries of this kind have managed and pursued with greater ingenuity and perseverance; and we trust, that, from its being so promptly brought home to the principals, the public will be protected from the intended fraud. Chester Courant, 4 Feb 1823. Lancaster Assizes. Margaret Boyle, 26, and Catherine Kewley, 28, for uttering to Wm. Lace, at Liverpool, three forged Flintshire bank notes, for one pound each. Lancaster Gazette, 29 March 1823. Forgery on the Holywell and Flintshire Bank. Six persons who were concerned in uttering forged notes, purporting to be the notes of Messrs. Sankey, of Holywell, have already been convicted and received sentence of death, viz. Elizabeth Evans and Jane Cavannah, at the Chester City Court; Margaret Boyle and Catherine Kewley. at Lancaster; and John Small and Archibald McAlister, at the Chester Assizes. Lancaster Gazette, 19 April 1823. Before the judge left Lancaster, he was pleased to reprieve all the prisoners who had been capitally convicted. Manchester Guardian, 12 April 1823.