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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Michael Nolan was transported on the Ramillies, departing 25th Apr 1854 and arriving 7th Aug 1854 with 280 passengers.
757 ton barque ship Ramillies was built at Sunderland in 1845. There only appears to be one voyage to Australia with convict passengers. She carried the thirteenth of 37 shipments of male convicts for Western Australia. The 1854 voyage took 79 days and the Ramillies arrived in Fremantle on August 7, with 94 passengers and 277 convicts (1 death recorded on voyage). (The passengers comprised 30 Pensioner Guards and their families.)
Ramillies (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 95 (49) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Michael was 34 years old on arrival, he was 5’7” tall, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, sallow complexion, stout, married with 2/3 children. 30/8/1854: TOL 31/12/1857: applied for wife & chd to follow (apparently without response from them). 6.3.1859 married Mary McCORMICK at Guildford RC. In all he had 9 children. Nominated 1863 his son John 16 yrs of Castle Island, Kerry, Ireland Farmer "Jane Brook" Swan 1870s House Guildford Lot 1 Loc 2. Employed 3 T/L servants 1865, 1872, 1877. 21/9/1892: Michael died at Upper Swan.
convicted Tralee Spring Assizes, Prison Smithfield, Dublin, Ireland