Ann Mahoney

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Ann Mahoney
Aliases:	Bishop
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1823
Occupation:	Housemaid
Date of Death:	14th December, 1884
Age:	61 years

Life Span

Female median life span was 59 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 15 years

Crime:	Arson
Convicted at:	Limerick
Sentence term:	15 years
Ship:	Arabian
Departure date:	22nd November, 1846
Arrival date:	25th February, 1847
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 31 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Tasmanian Archives - convicts http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON41-1-12,156,106,L,80. Tasmanian Pioneer Index BDM.
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Community Contributions

Carol Axton-Thompson on 5th December, 2013 wrote:

Ann Mahoney was convicted at Limerick on 15/07/1846 for Arson, setting fire to a dwelling house, with Ann Tuohy (also convicted & transported on same ship). 15yr sentence. Transported to Van diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Arabian’ arriving 1847.
Gaol Report: Good. No prior convictions.
Ship Surgeon’s Report: Good

Carol Axton-Thompson on 5th December, 2013 wrote:

Services in the Colony including Launceston & Westbury.

Male child stillborn at Cascades Female Factory 10/11/1848. (Ref. 1128/1848-33)

Female child, Mary died 6/1/1851 hospital, Launceston (ref. 364/1851-35). No birth reg found, so may have been another stillbirth.

Married William Bishop 2/3/1853 Longford (ref. 1242/1853-37).

(A child William Bishop, d. 29/1/1855 Launceston district - father listed as William, no name given on index for mother. May have also been her child. ref. 1644/1855-35)

William Bishop on 20th February, 2015 wrote:

Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928) Monday 15 December 1884 death and funeral notice

Convict Changes History

Carol Axton-Thompson on 5th December, 2013 made the following changes:

convicted at, term 15 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 0000, date of death 0000, gender, occupation, crime

Carol Axton-Thompson on 5th December, 2013 made the following changes:

source, alias1, date of birth 1823

William Bishop on 20th February, 2015 made the following changes:

source: Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928) Monday 15 December 1884 (prev. Tasmanian Archives - convicts http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON41-1-12,156,106,L,80. Tasmanian Pioneer Index BDM.), date of death: 14