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Transportation
Catherine Ragan was transported on the Mary, departing 9th Jun 1831 and arriving 19th Oct 1831 with 151 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
Mary (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 103 (54) |
| 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
No; 520. Trade; House and Laundrymaid aged 26 years old 1831 - July 1831. UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Case No; 12 Caroline Deacon. Aged abt; 20 years old. Sarah Worth. Aged abt; 27 years old Jane Morris. Aged abt; 24 years old. Sarah Wilson. Aged abt; 18 years old Cath. Regan. Aged abt; 25 years old. Ann Trowell. Aged abt; 19 years old M A Drane. Aged abt; 27 years old. Amelia Watall. Aged abt; 33 years old Maria Woodcock. Aged abt; 16 years old. Ann Baxter. Aged abt; 39 years old Convicts Placed on Sick List; 16 July 1831 Disease; Pyrexia and Febres and Scnocha 1831 - August 1831. UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Name; Mary Ann Regan - Infant Age; 8 months - Infant Daughter of Catherine Regan, convict. Date; 4 Aug 1831 - at sea Surgeon's Notes " Expired exhausted from fever Discharged; Died; 11 August 1831
Catherine was a married woman when she was convicted. Her husband and it appears two sons came with her to Tasmania. She received 3 extra years for stealing a leg of mutton in Hobart. She remarried as a widow another convict William Thompson 16 May 1842 already having had a son in 1840 and later a daughter. She left Tasmania and her husband and went to Victoria where she settled in Spring Creek near Beechworth with John Byers (John Byhurst) another convict. She drowned after falling off a weir over Spring Creek whilst intoxicated. Alcohol appears to have been a big problem for her throughout her life.