Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Catherine Maxwell was transported on the Caroline, departing 15th Apr 1833 and arriving 6th Aug 1833 with 122 passengers.
Departed Cove with 120 females from Cork and the surrounding various gaols - also on board were 56 free settlers along with their women and children. wed april 3 1833 .
Caroline (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
Claims
"Ancestor of Damian Crowe"
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Catherine (Maxwell) are: MAXWELL Catherine (Maxwell) was born about 1814, perhaps in Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland & became a nurse girl/house servant. She was tried for vagrancy at Down co. Ireland in 1832, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 6 8 1833 after a voyage of 4months on CAROLINE; she was Protestant. She worked for James (Ironside) in Sydney, from whom she absconded on 20 8 1837; she was 5'0.25" fair ruddy and little freckled complexion dark brown hair grey eyes-nose little cocked-scar back of lower right arm. She was issued her Certificate of Freedom no 42/0335 on 5 3 1842. She married John (Tucker) on 13 12 1847 at St Mary Magdalene church Southy Creek (South? Creek). [These details taken from this Website] John (Tucker) Catherine Jane (Maxwell) & John (Tucker) produced at least 1child: 1.Maria (Tucker) was born in 1840 at South Creek. She married James (Pusell/Pusill/Purscell/Puzle) on 26 12 1854 at Presbyterian Bathurst & produced 12children. She died on 13 3 1886 age about46 at Burraga where she was buried. ..James (Pusell/Pusill/Purscell/Puzle) was born about 1822 at Liverpool Lancashire. He became an errand boy & was tried at age16 for stealing at Lancaster Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 25 10 1837 after a voyage of 3.5months on JAMES PATTI/ERSON. He was issued his Ticket of Leave in 1841 at Bathurst & his Certificate of Freedom in 1854. In 1856 he was a shepherd; in 1861 he was a labourer at Dunns Creek; in 1872 he was listed as a farmer at Cherry Tree Hill Rockley. He died on 30 8 1895 age about73 at Burraga where he was buried. ..[Some details taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
Absconded. Maxwell Catherine, Caroline, 33-360, 23, Glasgow, nursemaid and housemaid, 5 feet 0¼ inch, fair ruddy and little freckled comp., dark brown hair, grey eyes, nose little cocked, scar back of lower right arm, from James Ironside, Sydney, since August 20. NSW Govt. Gazette, 23 Aug 1837.
Married John Tucker (Convict) 13 Dec 1847 at St. Mary Magdalene (Church), South Creek, Penrith, New South Wales
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Catherine Maxwell, age on arrival, 19, per Caroline, 1833, Tried Down Co. 1832, 7 years, for vagrancy. DOB, 1814, native place, Glasgow, Scotland, single, protestant, Trade: Nurse maid house maid. ---------------------------------------------------- Convict Index. Catherine Maxwell, per Caroline 1833, Certificate of Freedom, 5 Mar 1842, No 42/0335.