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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Mccarthy was transported on the Tasmania, departing 2nd Sep 1845 and arriving 3rd Dec 1845 with 138 passengers.
Built 1841 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 502 Tons.
Tasmania (generic)References
| Primary Source | VDL Founders & Survivors Convicts. NAME_INDEXES:471146. Resource: SWD26/1/3 p.588. SWD26/1/3 p.704 |
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Convict Notes


Name: Mccarthy, Mary Record Type: Convicts Departure date: 2 Sep 1845 Departure port: Dublin Ship: Tasmania (2) Place of origin: Cork Voyage number: 260 Index number: 44464 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1415955 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1415955




1860 - Queen's Orphan School. Application for admission Application made by Mr Atkins, Keeper. Cascade Factory CHILD; Rourke, Esther. Aged; 5 years and 1 month FATHER; James Rourke. R.C. Ship; Chapman 2nd. Free by servitude Trade; Tinker. Married; 17 May 1847 MOTHER; Mary McCarthy Residence; Under sentence. Cascade Factory Ship; Tasmania 2nd. Free by servitude. 17 March 1852 REMARKS; Mother undergoing a sentence of 3 months, left her husband 5 years since and has been co-habiting with a man named Kent a most disreputable character 1858 & 1860. FRIENDS OF THE ORPHAN SCHOOL Orphan Number: 4735 Orphan: Esther ROURKE Mother: McCARTHY, Mary Father: ROURKE, James Mother's ship: Tasmania 2 Father's ship: Chapman 2 Age when admitted: 4yrs Date admitted: 29 Dec 1858, 15 Sep 1860 Date discharged: 3 Apr 1860 Institution(s): Queens Orphan School Discharged to: parents, now free, readmitted Remarks: mother ill - reside at Cascade Rd, 4 doors from Buckingham Inn - mother gaol 1860 References: SWD6, 26/3, 27, CSD1/129/4705 https://www.orphanschool.org.au/showorphan.php?orphan_ID=4735




Crime - housebreaking & stealing clothes Description: fair complexion, light sandy hair, blue eyes, lost sight in left eye, 4ft 11, RC, illiterate Ship Surgeon Sick List: 15 Oct 1845 - 31 Oct 1845 (Verrucae) 1 Nov 1845 - 14 Nov 1845 (Vulnus) 4 Dec 1845 - 9 Dec 1845 Colonial Hospital (Verrucae) Permission to marry Apr 1847 to James Bourke (should be Rourke) per Chapman 1824 Convicted at Hobart for larceny (age 49) to serve 3 months 10 May 1873 to 13 Aug 1873