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Transportation
Mary Mcdonald was transported on the Mariner, departing 2nd Mar 1825 and arriving 10th Jul 1825 with 115 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
Mariner (generic)References
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Claims
"Mary was my second great-grandmother."
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Convict Notes
There is a baptismal record for a Mary McDonald 5-Apr-1806 Parish/District: MALLOW County Co. Cork Denomination: Church Of Ireland If Mary was 19 when transported in 1825, a 1806 birth makes more sense than a 1 January 1804 birthdate.
Joseph Swales/Swails arrived NSW per 'Calder' 1822 - the ship is not listed as yet.
Mary McDonald was 19 years old on arrival. Native Place: Monaghan. Transported for 'Stealing Ribbons'. Mary was 5'5" tall, brown hair, grey eyes, pale complexion. On the 2nd listing on Ancestry Convict Indents, Mary was described as: 5'3¼" tall, brown pockpitted complexion, dark brown hair, grey eyes, quiet. 1829: Married Joseph Swails at Mount Vincent (Co. Northumberland). Mary listed as McDonnell on the NSW BDM. Children: Listed Under Swails: 1830 and 1831 - 2 listings for Mary A. Listed under Swales: 1832: Elizabeth R 1837: Sarah 1840: Emma 1842: Joseph D 1846: William G Perhaps another 2 in South Australia. 14/5/1850 South Australian Register: John Charlton, labourer, was indicted for stealing from Mary Scales, the wife of Joseph Swales, a diamond ring, of the value of £10, and some money, amounting to £6 Os. 6d., in Adelaide, on the 4th instant. Mary Swales deposed that on the day in question she was with her husband at Fox's auction-room, and there saw the prisoner. He was not so clean then as now. Afterwards went to MacCabe's auction-room, and again saw the prisoner, who pushed against her as he was going out. Next day her husband was going to church. Witness then missed her purse from her pocket, with six sovereigns, a diamond ring, and 5s., in silver. The ring produced had her husband's name in it.....the trial continued.... His Honor briefly summed up, and after a short deliberation the jury returned a verdict of guilty. 1/2/1888 South Australian Register: SWALES.— On the 31st January, at the residence of her son-in-law. Captain Hugh Quin, Church street, Port Adelaide. Mary, relict of the late Joseph Swales, aged 84 years. Joseph Swales died in 1878 in SA.
Item: 63168 Surname: McDonald First Name: Mary Ship: Mariner 1825 Date: 1828 Place: Dagworth, Wallis Plains Source: 1828 Census Details: Nursemaid aged 22. Assigned to T.V. Bloomfield Item: 71334 Surname: McDonald First Name: Mary Ship: Mariner 1825 Date: 1828 5 November Place: Newcastle Source: Application to marry Details: 22 yrs of age; bond. Application to marry Joseph Swailes (Swales)