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Transportation
Owen Rourke was transported on the Lonach, departing 16th May 1825 and arriving 4th Sep 1825 with 144 passengers.
On Sunday last arrived from Ireland, with 143 male prisoners, the ship Lonnorch, Captain W. H. Driscoll. She sailed from Cork the 16th of May, and lost one prisoner on the passage. The guard consists of Lieutenant Donelan, 57th Regt, with a detachment of the same corps. Dr. Osborne, R. N. is the Surgeon Superintendent. Passengers, Mr. Drew and Mr. Stubbs. Sydney Gazette, Thurs 8 Sep 1825.
Lonach (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Owen Rourke, alias O’Rourke, age on arrival, 24, per Lonach (1825), Tried at Roscommon, 1824, Life, Burglary. DOB, 1801. Native place, Galway Co. Ploughman. --------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census index. Owen Rourke, age 27, G.S. Lonach 3, 1825, 7 years, catholic, shoemaker, David Ramsay, Bathurst district. ---------------------------------------------------- Convict Index, 1791-1873. Owen Rourke, Lonach, 1825, Ticket of Leave, 33/1168. District, Liverpool; Born Galloway; Tried, Roscommon. Owen Rourke, alias Owen O’Rourke, Lonach, Conditional Pardon, 24 Nov 1840. 40/5984. Owen Rourke, alias Owen O’Rourke, Lonach, 1825, Recommended Conditional Pardon, 1 Jan 1841. Recommended by David Ramsay, MD; Thomas Moore, JP; J K Mackenzie JP; E. Werton JP; William McIntyre, minister. ---------------------------------------------------- It is possible that the following newspaper report refers to this Owen Rourke: Police Report. John Docket assigned to Dr Ramsay was brought up, charged with robbing his fellow servant, Owen Rourke, of his jacket and shoes, while in a state of intoxication. The prisoner who was a bit of a lawyer in his own way, being unable, to upset the array of evidence against him, his Worship consigned him to an iron gang for 12 months. Sydney Gazette, 7 Feb 1833.