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Voyage
Transportation
Margaret Rourke was transported on the City Of Edinburgh (1), departing 23rd Jun 1828 and arriving 12th Nov 1828 with 82 passengers.
Departed Cork 23/6/1828. Arrived Port Jackson 12/11/1828. 80 Female Prisoners, 12 free women, 36 children [Convicts Children; 1 male and 5 female children]
City Of Edinburgh (1) (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Margaret Rourke was tried and found guilty, for having had in her possession on the 27th October at Mitchelstown, a forged note of the Bank of Ireland. The account given the prisoner, after having been taken up, was, that she had got the note and another from a man of the name of Swiney, to pass, for which she was to be paid. Swiney is in custody.—Guilty, 14 years transportation. Southern Reporter, 3 April 1828.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Margaret Rourke, age on arrival, 25, per City of Edinburgh (1) 1828, Tried Cork, 1827, 14 years, for forged notes. DOB 1803, native place, Cork Co. Single. Catholic. House maid laundry maid.