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Voyage
Transportation
Michael Mcnamara was transported on the Southworth, departing 18th Nov 1821 and arriving 9th Mar 1822 with 101 passengers.
Southworth (generic)References
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Convict Notes
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. Ref: HO 17/83/54 Prisoner name: Michael Macnamara. Prisoner age: 18 (in 1821). Court and date of trial: Limerick Assizes, March 1821. Crime: Murder of John Rohan. Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): Two petitions from the prisoner, the first with copy testimonials from 15 officials of New South Wales. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good conduct in New South Wales. Other papers: Covering letter from the prisoner of Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, for first petition. Two letters forwarding petitions from T Spring Rice. Letter in favour of prisoner from James McTernan, surgeon, Royal Navy. Additional Information: Transported on ship Southworth in 1822. Assigned to his wife since her government assisted arrival in colony in April 1826. Date: 1831 May -1833 Feb.
Michael was a native of Limerick.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Michael McNamara, age 21, per Southworth (1) 1822, Tried Limerick City, Life. Trade, Tailor. DOB, ---------------------------------------------------- 1828 NSW Census Index. Michael McNamara, age 27, G.S. Southwark, 1822, Life, catholic, Tailor, Liverpool district. Eleanor McNamara, age 25, came free, per Thames, 1826, catholic.