Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
Honora Reardon was transported on the Brothers, departing 3rd Oct 1826 and arriving 4th Feb 1827 with 159 passengers.
Brothers (generic)References
| Primary Source | Ancestry.com microfish 1828 NSW Census Index. |
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Convict Notes
City Crown Court. Honora Reardan, Anne M'Coy, and Catherine Harris were indicted for stealing money the property of Thomas Fitzgerald. The prosecutor, simple well looking countryman had come to town after earning two guineas by working three months in barn, which he had resolved to send home to his sister to Clonmel, and to enlist himself, hut on applying at the Barrack he did not pass the Doctor, having a complaint in one of his legs. He had gone into a house near the Barracks to get a glass. He had opened the rag the money was in to pay for it, and the moment the prisoners saw it they surrounded him, caught him by the throat and took it. Reardon, the owner of the house, was the principal, she bit his lip. Her son afterwards offered him 30s.— Guilty—to be transported for 7 years. Southern Reporter, 8 Aug 1826.
1828 NSW Census Index. Norah Reardon, age 38, catholic, G.S. Brothers, 1826, wife of John Lacey, Cumberland St Sydney Catherine Reardon, catholic, age 8, came free, Brothers, 1826. and also: John Lacey, age 32, T.L. Isabella 1818, 14 years, protestant, labourer, Cumberland Str. Sydney.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 9th August, 1830. THE undermentioned Female Prisoners of the Crown have obtained Tickets of Leave, in Compliance with the Regulations of 17th March, 1029, for good conduct in the situations respectively stated : County of Cumberland. Sydney. Reardon Honora, Brothers (2), married state. Sydney Gazette, 14 Aug 1830.
Norah Barrett was listed as Honora Reardon on the Irish Convicts website - and also the NSW Convict Records Index. (No records of her as Norah 'Barrett' found). Honora was listed as being 37 years old on arrival. A Widow 1 child on board 4 children in Ireland. 12/6/1827: Permission to marry John Lacey (Isabella), he was 29 and had a TOL - Honora was listed as Norah Reardon, age 37, on bond - Sydney. 1827: Married at St. Mary's, Sydney. 1830: TOL Sydney 7/8/1833: COF 1839: NSW BDM (Deaths) Listed as Honora Reardon, aged 52.