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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Kavanagh Mccarthy was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.
394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.
Palambam (generic)References
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Convict Notes
A duplicate entry of this person has also been entered under the name Mary Cremin.
Mary Kennedy was buried in an unmarked grave in Rookwood Necropolis Catholic Cemetery, not far from the St Michael the Archangel Chapel, just off Necropolis Drive. A plaque was installed in March 2024 in memory of Mary and the hard life she led. There is also a star picket installed to help identify her grave site. She is remembered by all her descendants.
Mary's native place was Cork.
Mary Kennedy was interred at Rookwood Cemetry in September 1869 as one of its earliest occupants. I have the details of the burial site but it is difficult to find. It is my goal to find it and erect a memorial headstone to an amazing convict woman who endured a extremely hard life.
Could read & write
Mary was 27 years old on arrival, married with 1 daughter. 1831/2: Assigned to George Sparke, Hunter River. 31/11/1832: Assigned to George Muir, Maitland. June 1832: Application to marry James Hennessey (Marquis of Lansdown) - refused as she was already married. 1834: She married James Hennessy in 1834 in St Mary's, Sydney, they had 6 children. 25/11/1839: COF James died in 1846 leaving her with 7 children. 1853: Mary married Charles Kennedy (b 1806, from Dublin). 1869: Mary died in Crown Street, Sydney and was buried at Rookwood.
Arrived at Sydney Cove in 1831 on Palambam; Married name: Mary Cremin