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Voyage
Transportation
Richard Mason was transported on the Andromeda, departing 13th Nov 1832 and arriving 11th Mar 1833 with 188 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 | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 459 (230) |
| 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
WARWICK BOROUGH SESSIONS. These Sessions were held at the Court House, on Thursday, ... ...Richard Mason, for stealing an apron and a pair of trowser.-, the property of John Morris, at Birmingham. was sentenced to seven years' transportation—a previous conviction for felony being proved against him. Leamington Spa Courier, 7 July 1832. ---------------------------------------------------------- HO-9-9_5 page 18/52. York Hulk Records Received: Warwick, 19 July 1832. Rd. Mason, age 17, Stg Wg Appl, Tried Warwick 3 July 1832, 7 years. NSW 8 Nov 1832.
New South Wales. Return of All Male Convicts Assigned and Transferred in the Month of March, 1833. 924. Mason Richard, Andromeda stable boy, to A. K. McKenzie, Bathurst. NSW Govt Gazette, 5 June 1833.
Height - 5 foot 5 1/4 inches Complexion - Ruddy and Freckled Hair - Red Eyes - Chestnut Two scars on back of middle finger of left hand - RM seven dots, Half moon and anchor lower right arm.