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Voyage
Transportation
Denis Mathews was transported on the Kinnear, departing 10th Jul 1842 and arriving 23rd Oct 1842 with 174 passengers.
Built 1834 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 369 Tons. (Register of persons transported is not yet completed - currently being listed.) 1842 Voyage. OCT. 23. - Arrived the barque Kinnear, Lidderdale master, from Dublin 10th July, with 180 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent - G. J. Fox, Esq. The guard consists of Captain Bull (with Mrs. Bull, 4 children, and 1 female servant), and 30 rank and file of the 99th Regt., - 4 women, and 6 children. Colonial Times (Hobart) 25 Oct 1842.
Kinnear (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Kinnear Indent: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-17$init=CON14-1-17P44 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-17$init=CON14-1-17P45 6774. Denis Mathews, tried at Dublin, 30 March 1842, 7 years, age 14, height, 4 ft 10 ½, catholic, neither read nor write, single. Offence: Stealing a black shawl, from a girl in the street- once for a cap, 3 months – for clothes, 6 months. Surgeon’s Report: Middling. Trade, labourer. Native place, Dublin. Remarks: M, Mary, at Dublin. B, John. S, Mary at service. Proper name Michael Cunningham. Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-28$init=CON33-1-28p116 Discharged to his freedom from P. Barracks Hobart Town, March 30 1849.