Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
Nehemiah Rogers was transported on the Mayda, departing 27th Aug 1845 and arriving 8th Jan 1846 with 199 passengers.
Built 1845 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 582 Tons.
Mayda (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 367 (185) |
| 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 |
Claims
"2nd Great Grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Embarked on the "Mayda" with his cousin Joseph and sailed from Woolwich on the Thames on 29 August 1845 with 199 male convicts aboard, and arrived at Norfolk Island 132 days later, on 8 January 184,this was one of the slower convict voyages to Norfolk. Nehemiah and Joseph remained on Norfolk Island for just under eighteen months, and both were transferred to Tasmania on 19 May 1847 on the Pestonjee Bomanjee and sent to Cascades on Tasman Peninsula. His records show him in Hobart by 1851 and after serving his sentence married Catherine Fitzgerald on 29 Sep 1855, at Richmond, Tasmania. Catherine was also a transported convict, from Ireland. Nehemiah and Catherine had 4 children - 3 sons and 1 daughter - who with their mother predeceased Nehemiah. Nehemiah's second marriage to Mary Goggins was on 10 Feb 1863, at Green Ponds (now Kempton), Tasmania. Nehemiah was now thirty-six, a bricklayer, and Mary was a spinster aged twenty-one. Nehemiah and Mary had 11 children - 9 daughters and 2 sons.