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Voyage
Transportation
Bridget Nixon 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.
Palambam (generic)References
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"Wife's direct line ancestor"
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Convict Notes
The undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown have absconded since last publication . Nixon Bridget, Palambam, 26, Limerick, housemaid, 5 feet 5¾ inches, ruddy and freckled comp, sandy hair, grey eyes, small perpendicular scar right side of upper lip, from Henry Gordon, Sydney, since September 23. NSW Govt Gazette, 26 Sep 1838.
Quarter Sessions. Bridget Nixon, felony - transported to a penal settlement 2 years. Sydney Gazette, 20 Jan 1835.
Bridget Nixon (b. 1812, Limerick, Ireland) Birth: 1812, Limerick, Ireland. Crime: Stealing calico. Trial: 1830, age 19; sentenced 7 years. Transportation: Palambam, 1831, to NSW. Certificate of Freedom: 24 Mar 1839 (#39/0445). Relationships/Children: 1832: daughter Mary with John Hannon (convict). 1834: married William Graham (convict). 1834: re-offended, 2 years at Moreton Bay. 1837: daughter Caroline by Lt. Charles Otter → Caroline later married Frederick Turvey. 1838+: with William Hunt; six children, married 1850. Death: 3 Oct 1871, Mudgee, age 59.
Bridget Nixon married William Graham on 14th April 1834 at St Mary’s cathedral Roman Catholic Sydney (125A vol126 ) in the presence of John Leevy clergyman officiating J McEncroe
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Name; Bridget Nixon Ship; Palambam - 1831 Indent No; 247 - 31. 41 Age; 19 Est birth Year; 1812 Reads; Single; Religion; Rom. Cath. Native Place; Limerick Calling; Housemaild Offence; Stealing Calico. Date of Trial: Cork. 24th March, 1830 Sentence; 7 years. Previous conviction; 6 months Height; 5 ft. 5 3/4 in Complexion; Ruddy, freckled Hair; Sandy Eyes; Grey Assigned; Marg. Poole, Sydney Noted against name; C39/445. Family in the Colony; AUNTS; Catherine Stanley [Woodman - 1823. Sentence. 7 years. Married G Quenell. Campbelltown and Mary Ann Rourke, about 10 years ago [Woodman - 1823.] ------------------
Moreton Bay Convict Record: Bridget Nixon or Graham, Palambam, tried at Cork 24 March 1830, for stg calico - 7 years, house maid; colonial sentence: qr Sess. Sydney, 17 Jan 1835, Larceny, sentence 2 years. To Sydney 28 May 1837.
Bridget NIXON was convicted at Cork, Ireland in 1830 for stealing calico material. Previous convictions. 7yr transportation sentence. Sent to New South Wales, Australia per the ship 'Palambam' 1831. Aged 19yrs; single woman; housemaid; Roman Catholic. Native place of birth: Limerick, Ireland. Convict record states that her aunts, Catherine Stanley and Mary Ann Rourke came to Australia about 10 yrs ago. Remark on her record that she had a further conviction at Moreton Bay, NSW.