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Margaret Doolan was transported on the Arabian, departing 22nd Nov 1846 and arriving 25th Feb 1847 with 152 passengers.
391 ton Barque. Built Liverpool. The Barque Arabian, under the command of Captain Robertson, left Kingstown, Dublin, 22 November, 1846, with 150 female convicts and 37 children on board. One woman and 7 children died on the voyage. At least 2 children were born during the voyage. The Surgeon Superintendent was Dr Wylie, R.N. and the Matron, Mrs Evans. The Arabian arrived at Hobart Town, February 25 1847.
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Convict Notes
Marriage Permission: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-5p023j2k Thomas Cotton, per John Renwick, and Margaret Doolan, per Arabian, Date of permission, 11 May 1852. Approved. The Revd. Dowling, Launceston. See record for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------- CONVICT DEPARTMENT. Comptroller General's Office, 14th June. IN accordance with the Act of Council 6th Victoria, No. 18. I hereby give notice, for the first time, that His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to approve of the solemnisation of Matrimony between the under-mentioned parties :— Thomas Cotton, T. L.,"John Henwick,"and Margaret Dolan, T. L., "Arabian," both residing in Launceston. Hobarton Guardian, 16 Jun 1852.
Drunkenness was a big problem in Cork at this tiem, as can be seen from the following extraxt from a letter published in the newspapers at the time: Extract from a letter to the Editor of the Cork Constitution. … But to return to the immediate object of this letter; the degraded, miserable beings, dragged before the magistrates, are not generally speaking, pledge-breakers. They are persons who have never taken the pledge. The greater number are poor, sinful females; others, with grief I say it, are men of character and respectability, who have allowed themselves to be degraded, to be demented by strong drink. It was stated, I write from memory, that six thousand drunkards had been taken in Cork the year ‘45. To the cursory reader of this statement, it would appear that there were six thousand individuals. The truth is far, far different; seven wicked creatures in this enumeration, represent nine hundred and sixty-four. Margaret Doolan was taken up 161 times, Mary Gallivan 150, Mary Watts 146, Ellen Angleton 135, Julia Barrett 132, Mary Swiney 126, Julia Donovan 112. Others have been taken up sixteen times a fortnight, others twenty times a month, others ten times a month. It is easy, then, to see how the list of six thousand has been made out. But that even one Christian in a year should become a drunkard, is an evil beyond expression, and every effort, every sacrifice, should be made to prevent so deplorable a calamity. ... Cork Examiner, 11 May 1846.
Mary Sullivan, Margaret Doolan, and Julia Donovan, presented as vagrants, by the City Cork Grand Jury, have been found guilty. Limerick Chronicle, 8 Aug 1846.
Arabian Indent. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-4$init=CON15-1-4P52 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-4$init=CON15-1-4P53 No 746. Margaret Doolan, age 24, Glover, tried Cork City, 4 Aug 1846, 7 years. Native place, Cork. Single, catholic, can read. Relations: Brothers, John, William, Patrick. (Patrick transported to Sydney 11 years ago.) Sister, Mary, at N.P. 3 years on the Town. Offence: Vagrancy. 3 or 4 times for vagrancy, 1 month each time. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Cork Summer Assizes. Margaret Doolan was presented by the Grand Jury a vagrant and infamous life and character. Constable Campbell knew the prisoner for three years, during which time she was a person of idle and disorderly habits and constantly in Bridewell. She was no sooner out than she was in again, and she had been often in gaol; did not know that she had a place of residence. Edward Beech stated that knew the prisoner for over ? years and she was a person of infamous and outrageous character. She often beat her fellow-prisoners, and was a most desperate character. During the last year she was ? times in Bridewell and three months and week in gaol. Mary Doolan swore that the prisoner lived in her house in Francis-street. The Jury found for the presentment. Southern Reporter, 6 Aug 1846.