Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Lessy Lawlor 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)
Australasia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Libraries Tasmania's Online collection (she is indexed in their convict records as 'Lawler, Bessy') |
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Convict Notes
Name: Lawler, Napy Record Type: Convicts Employer: Clarke, Hugh: 1850 Departure date: 26 Jun 1849 Departure port: Dublin Ship: Australasia Place of origin: Kildare Origin location: Latitude and Longitude Voyage number: 314 Index number: 41531 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1410720 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1410720
The Freeman's Journal, Dublin, 22 March and 24 March 1849 has the following: "Assize Intelligence ... Kildare, Naas, Wednesday March 21, 1849 ...Hester Lalor pleaded guilty of setting fire to a stack of barley at Hobartstown on the 28th of January" She was sentenced on March 22 to transportation for life with four other young female 'House and Rick Burners'. The convict record in Tasmania elaborates: She set fire to straw belonging to Charles Neal, the father of her child, who refused to support the infant. In the gaol record of County Kildare, she is Nessy Lawler, age 17. [Ireland-Australia transportation database: Transportation Registers TR 9, p 40(F)] In the convict indent for the 'Australasia' she was listed as Lawlor, Lessy. In the Tasmanian Conduct Register she is 'Lawlor, Napy', possibly a misreading of her name in the indent. The Indent and Conduct books [in Libraries Tasmania's Online collection] give us the following information: age 20, Roman Catholic, house maid, native of County Kildare, single, cannot read or write, ship character: good, 5 ft 1 in, fresh complexion, face slightly freckled with a small scar in the right cheek, dark hair, blue eyes, Relations (in Ireland): Uncle Dan'l; Brothers James, Pat; Sisters Ann, Mary In 1850 she was employed by Hugh Clarke, Melville Street. The Employment register has date of contract 12 Aug 1850, 'Lessy Lawler' ship Australasia, rate of wages 7 pounds for 12 months. 6 May 1852 Marriage permission sought:' Daniels Samuel', (Lady Kennaway) and 'Lawl.. [not clear] Catherine' (Australasia), approved 21 May 1852. Marriage 14 June 1852 at St John the Baptist, Church of England, Hobart town: Samuel Daniells shoemaker to "Hessy Lowler": he signed 'Samuel Daniel', she marked, witnesses Robert Thompson and Catherine Forde. Between November 1852 and May 1854 (birth and death of son Alfred) the family moved from Hobart to 'Brushy Plains' Richmond. In the August 1857 birth registration of daughter Fanny, Samuel was a farmer. We know from her death certificate that about 1875 she moved Sydney NSW, where her husband worked as a shoemaker. Death 10 Dec 1906 at 11 Cardigan St, Glebe, NSW: Essie Daniel, age 75, old age pensioner, cause of death asthenia, heart failure, born Co Kildare Ireland, resident about 30 years Tasmania, about 29 years NSW, father is Lawler, mother unknown, married age 15 Hobart, children Elizabeth 51, Fanny 48, Mary 46, 1 male deceased, informant Beatrice Woodly, granddaughter, 11 Cardigan St. Burial 11 Dec 1906 Rookwood Cemetery, NSW: RC section. Witnesses Edward Bell and AB Faunce, SEC*M2*D**1966 Children: Alfred 1852-1854 Elizabeth 1854 Fanny 1857 Mary Ann 1860