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Bridget Mcgoverin

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Summary

Born
Unknown
Conviction
Stealing fowls (chickens/ducks)
Departure
Oct 1848
Arrival
Jan 1849
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Bridget Mcgoverin
Gender: Female
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Nurse girl/servant
Aliases: Mcgovern

Crime

Crime: Stealing fowls (chickens/ducks)
Convicted at: Ireland, Cavan
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 11th Oct 1848
Ship: Lord Auckland
Arrival: 20th Jan 1849
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Bridget Mcgoverin was transported on the Lord Auckland, departing 11th Oct 1848 and arriving 20th Jan 1849 with 118 passengers.

Built 1836 at Calcutta. Wood barque of 628 Tons. 1846 - VOYAGE; August 26 -Brown, master, from Dublin 19th April, Passengers-Dr. Roberts, R. N , Surgeon Supt. Lieut. Gorder ; Ensign Thillwall; 65th Regt j Ensign Despard, 99th Regt., and Mr. Moriarty, with 2 sergeants, 48 rank and file, 6 women, 6 children, 65th Regt., and 176 male convicts.

Lord AucklandLord Auckland (generic)

References

Primary SourceTasmanian Archives

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Convict Notes

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 14th August 2024

Aged; 16 years old

Nell Murphy avatar
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on 23rd January 2018

Bridget McGOVERIN and her sister Elizabeth McGOVERIN were convicted at Co. Cavan, Ireland on 21 June 1848 for larceny. Both transported for 7 yrs to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the ship 'Lord Auckland' arriving 20 Jan 1849. Mother Ellen McGOVERIN (McGOVERN) had already been transported in 1847 per the ship 'Waverley'.