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Voyage
Transportation
Martha Mcelroy was transported on the Elizabeth, departing 26th Jul 1818 and arriving 19th Nov 1818 with 101 passengers.
1828 - Elizabeth arrived from Ireland with Female Irish Convicts. Total No Embarked; 194. Drowned on voyage; 1 Died on Board; 1. Total mustered 192 on arrival at Sydney Cove 12 January 1828. 16 Children on Board Walter Cock - Commander Joseph H Hughes - Surgeon Superintendent.
Elizabeth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Marriage. James Kelly, free, age 34 yrs, and Martha McAvoy, convict per ship Elizabeth, age 28, at Castlereagh and Richmond, NSW, 19 Oct 1819, by Banns. Source: Familysearch. Image 163 of marriages.
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 1817 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Name: Martha McElroy Age: 31. Estimated Birth Year: abt 1786 Date of conviction: Aug 1817 - Down Vessel: Eliza (2) - 19 Nov 1818 1818 - New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, Having forged stamps in possession. Sentence; Life 1818 - On list of convicts disembarked from the "Elizabeth" and forwarded to the Factory, Parramatta; with male child Comments: Per "Elizabeth", 1818. Page: 175 1819 - Permission to Marry Name: Martha McEvoy Event Date: 7 Sep 1819 Vessel: Elizabeth - 1818 Event Description: Requested and received permission for publication of banns for marriage to James Kelly Comments: Page: 260 James Kelly. Free
New South Wales, Convict Records, Wives and Families of Convicts on Bounty Ships, 1832-1834 James Kelly pr the Indian and Martha Kelly alias McEvoy per ship Elizabeth 2 nd. 1817, both prisoners here for life. Petition Date; Wife’s Maiden Name; Martha McEvoy Present Residence; Richmond New South Wales James McEvoy resides in the parish Balluley County of Down Children; James McEvoy. Age; 21.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Martha McElroy, alias McIlroy, McIllerry, age 31, per Elizabeth I (2) 1818. Tried at Down, 1817, Life. DOB, 1787. Servant. Spouse: m. 1819 James Kelly. ---------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census Index. James Kelly, age 50, C.P. Indian 1810, Life, catholic, Farmer, Richmond, Richmond district. Holds 19 acres of land, all cleared and cultivated. Has 4 horses and 7 cattle. Martha Kelly, age 42, G.S. Elizabeth, 1819, Life, catholic.