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Transportation
Bridget Murray was transported on the Elizabeth, departing 27th Aug 1827 and arriving 12th Jan 1828 with 195 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.
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| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
ADM 101/24/31827-1828 Medical and surgical journal of the Elizabeth convict Ship, for 6 July 1827 to 26 January 1828 by Joseph H Hughes, Surgeon, during which time the said Elizabeth was employed in transporting female convicts from Ireland to Sydney, New South Wales. Folios 1-2: Bridget Murray, aged 40, Convict; disease or hurt, irritable ulcer on the right leg, painful with a sanious discharge. Put on sick list, 14 August 1827. Discharged, 25 December 1827 [folio 16]. Folios 12-13: Bridget Murray, aged 40, Convict; continued treatment of the large ulcer on her left leg and of diarrhoea from getting wet on deck on 9 November 1827. Folio 16: Bridget Murray [aged 40, Convict], discharged from the sick list, 25 December 1827, after a tedious and incessant attention to her ulcer.
Bridget Murray was indicted for stealing sundry snides of wearing apparel, the property of John Barrett, at Youghal, on the 7th January. Guilty The woman, who was proved to be one of a gang of thieves, was sentenced to 7 years transportation. Cork Constitution, 5 April 1827. Cork Assizes. ... Bridget Murray was indicted for stealing articles, the property of John Barrett—Guilty.... Southern Reporter, 7 April 1827. -------------------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Bridget Murray, per Elizabeth 1828, Certificate of Freedom, No 34/0578, 17 May 1834. Wife of Patrick Doyle (as stated on her CF)
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Bridget Murray, age on arrival, 32, per Elizabeth II, 1828, tried 1827 at Cork, Life for Stealing clothes. DOB 1796, native place, Waterford, Single. Catholic, House maid.