Catherine Mckeive

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Summary

Born
Dec 1800
Conviction
Shop lifting
Departure
Mar 1831
Arrival
Jul 1831
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Catherine Mckeive
Gender: Female
Born: 31st Dec 1800
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Dairymaid

Crime

Crime: Shop lifting
Convicted at: Ireland, Cavan
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 23rd Mar 1831
Ship: Palambam
Arrival: 31st Jul 1831
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Catherine Mckeive was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.

394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.

PalambamPalambam (generic)

References

Primary SourceNew South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
342
on 11th May 2026

Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Catherine McKieve, alias Finnigan, age 30, Per Palambam 1831, Tried 1830 at Cavan, 7 years, for Shop lifting. DOB, 1801, Native place, Fermanagh. Widow, 2 children, Catholic, Trade, Dairy maid, house maid, sempstress. Remarks: Colonial sentence, Moreton Bay. Moreton Bay Convict Register. Catherine McKieve, convicted in this Colony in the name of Finnigan, per Palambam, Tried at Cavan, Apr 1830, for Shoplifting, 7 years. Trade, Sempstress. Colonial conviction: Sup. Ct, Sydney, 23 Feb 1833, Receiving, 7 years. Supreme Court.- Saturday. James Burdett, William Bolton, and John Hennessey, convicted of a robbery in a dwelling house above the value of £5. Judgment of death was recorded against each of them. Judge Dowling remarked in passing sentence, that had they been convicted of the burglary, sentence of death would have been passed upon them, and he should have recommended His Excellency to have had it carried into effect. Owen Finnigan and Catherine Finnigan, for receiving part of the property above stolen, were, in consideration of their age, and the testimonials of character that had been put in, only sentenced to be each transported for seven years. Sydney Herald, 25 Feb 1833.

Maureen Withey avatar
342
on 3rd March 2021

Convicts Applications to Marry. Owen Finnegan, per Medina, age 24, 7 years, Free; and Catherine McKeive, per Palambam, age 31, 7 years, Bond. Date of permission, 25 May 1832, Sydney, Revd. C. V. Dowling.

Dianne Jones avatar
218
on 21st June 2020

OCCUPATION: "Seamstress, dairymaid, housemaid" (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. CONVICTED AT: Cavan, Ireland, on 13 April 1830 (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842).