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Transportation
Bridget Lyons was transported on the Sir Robert Seppings, departing 17th Mar 1852 and arriving 7th Aug 1852 with 222 passengers.
628 ton ship built in 1844 at Mawlamyine, formerly Moulmein, Burma in 1844 and traded between India and London. Named after Sir Robert Seppings, a naval architect (1767-1840), who was Surveyor of the Navy from 1813 to 1835. On this voyage the Master was Richard S Stuart and the Mate was Thomas J Clark. The Surgeon was Lennox T Cunningham. For further information, see Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Robert_Seppings_(ship).
Sir Robert Seppings (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 372 |
| 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
Patrick Lyons, of Galway, Ballinasloe, and wife Bridget Lyons, (accessory to the fact) lodging house, keepers, murder by mutilation with a hatchet, of Margaret Fahey, aged 20, a Lower Bank Street, Warrington, for £2 and a pedlar’s basket. Patrick was hanged on 26th April 1851. Bridget transported. Bridget Lyons died on the voyage. Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Sir Robert Seppings, for 16 March to 16 July 1852 by Dr L T Cunningham,Surgeon. Folios 15-19: Bridget Lyons, aged 42, Convict; disease or hurt, dysenteria. Put on sick list, 6 May 1852, at sea. Died, 14 June 1852. 'An old woman of broken down constitution from age and mental anxiety and of a phlegmatic temperament', she complained of being frequently purged with tormina and much straining when at stool.
Convicted along with husband for murder of Margaret Fahey at Warrington on 4th February 1851. Both were sentenced to death but Bridget's commuted to transportation