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Transportation
Christopher Mcdonald was transported on the Countess Of Harcourt, departing 3rd Sep 1822 and arriving 21st Dec 1822 with 173 passengers.
Ship of 517 tons, built in India 1811. Voyages to NSW and VDL 1821, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1828. Researchers please note that sailings direct from Ireland to Australia are not recorded under British data, and therefore not all details of people are on this web site (they are being added in, by volunteers, so please check thoroughly or send a message on community fb if you have queries).
Countess Of Harcourt (generic)References
| Primary Source | Colonial Secretary Index. Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
NSW Convict index. Christopher McDonald, Countess of Harcourt 1822, ticket of Leave, 28/563. Evan district. Christopher McDonald, Countess of Harcourt 1822, ticket of Leave, No 30/235. Hunter River up; Tried, Kildare Co. Christopher McDonald, Countess of Harcourt 1822, ticket of Leave, No 33/31. District, Evan; Born, Kildare Co.; Trade, Labourer; Tried, Kildare Co. Christopher McDonald, Countess of Harcourt 1822, Certificate of Freedom, 21 May 1829, No 29/0475. Christopher McDonald, Countess of Harcourt 1822, ticket of Leave, No 39/2262. District, Bathurst; Tried, Kildare Co. Christopher McDonald, Countess of Harcourt 1822, Conditional Pardon, 31 Dec 1847. No 48/332.
NAAS ASSIZES- March 28. Owen M‘Keon, T. Dunne, Andrew Connell, alias Carter, and Christopher McDonnell, were put upon their trial for burglary and robbery in entering the dwelling-house of Mrs Daly. The case having occupied the attention of the court for considerable time, length terminated in the conviction of the four prisoners, who received sentence of Death accordingly. The day fixed for their execution the 13th April. Saunders’s News-Letter, 3 April 1822. --------------------------------------------------- Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Christopher McDonald, alias Kernan, age 33, per Countess of Harcourt (2) (1822), Tried at Kildare Co., 1822, Life, DOB 1789, native place, Kildare Co., Ploughman. --------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. MCDONALD, Christopher. Per "Countess of Harcourt", 1822. 1822 Dec 26 - On list of convicts landed from the "Countess of Harcourt" and forwarded to Minto for distribution (Reel 6010; 4/3507 p.117) 1825 Jun 7 - Overseer of George Cox's clearing party. Deposition re Robert Bond charged with aiding bushranger (Reel 6063; 4/1786 p.17) ---------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census index. Chris. McDonald, Countess Harcourt, 2 Iron Gang. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, May 3, 1831. THE Tickets of Leave granted to the following Persons have been cancelled, for the reasons set against their names respectively, viz.— Christopher McDonald, Countess Harcourt (2), for contempt of Court, and absconding from his district. Sydney Herald, 9 May 1831.