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Mary Ann Mckown was transported on the Edward, departing 1st Jan 1829 and arriving 26th Apr 1829 with 178 passengers.
Built 1806 in Bristol, England. 406 tons. 4 voyages to Australia from Britain transporting convicts. Please note some registers of person are not yet complete - a work in progress. ************** 1829 - Edward arrived from Ireland in Sydney Cove; 26 April 1829. Female Convict Ship; Commander; Gilbert. Surgeon Superintendent; William C Watt M.D. Muster held on Board; 28 April 1829. Mustered; 174. Died on Voyage; 3. Total; 177
Edward (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Moreton Bay Convict Record. |
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New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842
Irish Convict Database Mary Anne McKown, age 18, ship, Edward 1 (1829) tried 1827 at Tyrone, for stealing clothes, 7 years. Single Country girl – Moreton Bay. Mary Ann was sent to Moreton Bay penal settlement following a Colonial sentence. Mary Ann Kean or Diffen, Edward 1. Tried at Tyrone, 26 Aug 1827, for stealing wearing apparel, sentence 7 years. Servant. Colonial sentence: Qr Sessions, Sydney, 17 Jan 1835, Receiving stolen goods, 7 years. To Sydney (no date). Description: Mary Ann Kearne, native of Tyrone, age 25, 5 ft 4 ¾ in. dark comp. black hair, hazle eyes, religion - R.C. Isaac Woolf and Mary Ann McCone, the former convicted of stealing, and the latter of receiving half a chest of tea, the property of J. Callaghan. To be transported to a Penal Settlement for seven years. Sydney Herald, 19 Jan 1835. Isaac Wolfe was indicted for stealing, and Mary Ann M'Kone for receiving, one half chest of tea, the property of John Callaghan. A constable went, by information, to the house of M'Kone, and found half a chest of tea, and part of another in a bag, and the remains of a tea-chest burning in the fire. A young woman who slept in M'Kone's house the night before the constables searched, saw Wolfe bring a half chest of tea into the house about 7 o'clock. The constables and prosecutor took Wolfe in the house when they searched for the tea. Both Guilty. The Alfred (Sydney) 20 Jan 1835.