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Transportation
Margaret King was transported on the Andromeda, departing 30th Nov 1833 and arriving 17th Sep 1834 with 176 passengers.
Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.
Andromeda (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Annotated Printed Indentures 1834 |
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Convict Notes
From Roscommon Married, Catholic, could read, Laundry maid needle woman. 5' 0 3/4" ruddy pock pitted complexion, dark brown hair grey eyes. UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856 Andromeda 1834 23 Apr - 1834 07 Oct Margaret was admitted to the hospital on 3/6/1834 suffering with hysteria and epilepsia. She was discharged on 6/6/1834. Came is at 8.00pm complaining of sever spasms in abdomen and legs and vomiting. Abdomen hard and prominent and acute pain. Wanted her mess mates to press forcibly on her belly. 2 days ago she had an epileptic fit on deck and is constipated. Her legs are cold pulse 60 and feeble. Treatment included a warm enema and some draughts to help her bowels. Warm water in bladders were applied to her belly and legs and she went to sleep. on 4/6/1834 the nurse reported that she had another epileptic fit and her bowels had not opened. On 5/6/1834 her bowels had worked and she felt so much better and was discharged. On crossing the equator she suffered from frequent epileptic fits caused by the heat of the climate. She would suffer 10 to 15 bouts throughout the course of the day. On passing the equator and moving south the malady left her entirely. New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 New South Wales Convicts arrived 1833-1834 Assigned to Roger Murphy Sydney New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 (NRS 12210) Butts of Certificates of Freedom 1842 October 25 cert no 42/1857 New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for Margaret King Darlinghurst 1831-1849 8/2/1844 for Trial. Trial for Police for bail.