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Voyage
Transportation
Catherine Rafter 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.
Elizabeth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Possible death? 1861. Catherine Rafter, aged 58 years. died Wollombi, Wollombi district. Ref 5210/1861
NSW 1828 Census Index. Catherine Rafter, age 22, per Elizabeth, 1828, 7 years, catholic, Factory, Parramatta.
NSW Convict Index. Catherine Rafter, Ticket of Leave, 31/591; District, Sydney; Born Tipperary; Servant; Tried Waterford City. Catherine Rafter, Certificate of Freedom, 16 Aug 1834. No 34/1022. TL 31/591.
Catherine Rafter, a Tipperary woman, for stealing 14th April, thread-case, with money in it, from Anastatia Neville, New-street, with whom she lodged, and lay for a short time, while waiting to sail in the Nora Creina for Bristol. Mr George Wright, High Constable, laid an embargo on her sailing, arresting her in the very nick of time, and taking her to the Mayor's Office, where the identical thread case was found upon her, with part of the money. The passage money was returned to the packet office. Guilty —seven years’ transportation. Waterford Mail, 8 Aug 1827.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Catherine Rafter, age 28, ship Elizabeth (II) (1828); tried at Waterford, 1827, 7 years for robbery house. Single. Native of Tipperary. Trade - farm servant. Catholic. DOB 1800. Public Notice. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, July 25, 1831 THE undermentioned Female Prisoners of the Crown have obtained Tickets of Leave, in compliance with the Regulations of 17th March, 1829. for good conduct in the situations respectively stated, viz :— County of Cumberland. SYDNEY Rafter Catherine, Elizabeth (4), in service ;