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Voyage
Transportation
Ellen Nix was transported on the Andromeda, departing 30th Nov 1833 and arriving 17th Sep 1834 with 176 passengers.
Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.
Andromeda (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Bound Indentures 1834-1835 |
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Convict Notes
From Co Limerick Ireland single catholic could not read or write 1 male child on board age 2. Mother also on board Catherine Ryan age 60 no 250-34 Laundress and plain cook. Convicted of stealing spoons 5' 3" ruddy complexion light brown hair light hazel eyes. New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 New South Wales Assigned to Charles Chambers Sydney Site MenuSave New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for Ellen Nix 12/8/1835 1 month 3rd class in the Female factory New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 15/7/1839 Ellen Nix 29 per ship Andromeda 1834 bond to marry Patrick Tighe 41 free Isabelle (sentence life) Rev Henry Fulton